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

[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 f...

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Autores: Molina-Pérez, Alberto, Werner-Felmayer, Gabriele, Van Assche, Kristof, Jensen, Anja M. B., Delgado, Janet, Flatscher-Thöni, Magdalena, Hannikainen, I.R., Rodríguez Arias, D., Schicktanz, Silke, Wöhlke, Sabine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/304443
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/304443
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85141850194
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Survey
Consent
Family involvement
Organ donation
Policy harmonisation
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Sumario:[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.