Attitudes of European students towards family decision-making and the harmonisation of consent systems in deceased organ donation: a cross-national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

European countries are increasingly harmonising their organ donation and transplantation policies. Although a growing number of nations are moving to presumed consent to deceased organ donation, no attempts have been made to harmonise policies on individual consent and the role of the family in the decision-making process. Little is known about public awareness of and attitudes towards the role of the family in their own country and European harmonisation on these health policy dimensions. To improve understanding of these issues, we examined what university students think about the role of the family in decision-making in deceased organ donation and about harmonising consent policies within Europe.

Methods

Using LimeSurvey© software, we conducted a comparative cr

SUBMITTER: Molina-Perez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664433 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature