All the major religions of the UK support the principles of organ donation and transplantation. However, within each religion there are different schools of thought, which means that views may differ. All the major religions accept that organ donation is an individual choice.
UK Transplant has worked closely with religious leaders of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism to research and produce a series of leaflets explaining organ donation and religious viewpoints and principles.
You can read more detailed information on individual religious viewpoints or download a summary leaflet in PDF format (371Kb).
Leaflets on specific religions
Leaflets are also available which focus on the six major religions in the UK.
You can download these leaflets from the links to the right of this page. Translations in appropriate minority ethnic languages are also available as pdfs from these pages.