Reluctance and willingness for organ donation after death among the Slovene general population

Abstract

The paper presents the findings of the first large-scale survey on post-mortem organ donation among the general Slovenian population. It focuses on the reported donation willingness, the barriers to joining the register of organ donors and the position towards consent to donate organs of deceased relatives.

Keywords

• tissue and organ procurement
• organ donors
• surveys and questionnaires
• sampling studies
• informed consents
• pridobivanje organov in tkiv
• darovalci organov
• ankete in vprašalniki
• vzorčne študije
• informirana soglasja