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Knowledge, information and attitudes about organ and tissue donation. Dealing with the topic of organ donation in the circle of family and friends. Experiences with organ and tissue donation. Topics: 1. Trust in the health care system in Germany. 2. Knowledge of the legal regulations and medical knowledge issues relating to organ and tissue donation: determination of willingness to donate (through entry in a donation register, completion of an organ donation card, communication of the decision to relatives, communication to the general practitioner; regulation of organ and tissue donation in Germany by law or by the responsible transplant centres; restriction of organ and tissue removal; withdrawal of the decision to donate organs and tissue; age limit for organ and tissue removal; transfer of organs removed in Germany (to persons living in Germany, worldwide or through Eurotransplant to the countries belonging to the network); farewell to the deceased person after organ and tissue removal; criteria for possible organ and tissue removal (presence of cardiac death, brain death or coma); definition of brain death; personal definition of brain death as final death of a human being or not equivalent to death of a human being; available amount of organs and tissue in Germany; waiting period for a donor kidney in Germany; likelihood of being alive 5 years after a kidney transplantation; organ and tissue handling in Germany; organ donation from living persons (living donation); organ donation to certain persons; regulation on organ and tissue removal in Germany (consent of donor, consent of relatives in the absence of personal decision, automatic organ and tissue donor in the absence of objection, no regulation); possibility of normal life for brain-dead persons. 3. Awareness of organ and tissue donation; sources of information on organ donation in the last six months (magazines, newspapers, posters, internet, cinema, television, radio and brochures/flyers) and...