Eligibility

In this section:

Medical Documents

Current Forms

Bottlenecks and Solutions

Medical List

The guiding principle for determining whether a child qualifies for a wish is whether the illness/medical condition, at the time of the referral to Make-A-Wish, constitutes a life-threatening state. The purpose of this list is to provide a guideline of illnesses and conditions that may qualify a child for a wish. Amended in 2011; this is still the current version in 2016.

Make-A-Wish International Medical Interactive Guide

This Interactive Medical Guide is for internal use and distinguishes between two levels:

Level 1: medical conditions of which an affiliate can assume that the condition is life-threatening. The affiliate may proceed with processing the referral without further clarification.

Level 2: the affiliate will need further information to clarify that the condition is at a life-threatening stage at the time of referral.

Eligibility Guidance Sheets

These sheets are referral guides for the medical professionals. A more global approach is taken rather than a list. There are seven medical areas described in these sheets. Please remember to amend these sheets with your affiliate contact details before using them.