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Knowledge, information and attitudes about organ and tissue donation. Dealing with the topic of organ donation in the family and circle of friends. Experiences with organ and tissue donation. Topics: 1. Satisfaction with one´s own state of health; personal health behaviour; trust in the German health system. 2. Knowledge of the legal regulations and medical knowledge questions with regard to organ and tissue donation: determination of the willingness to donate (by entry in a donation register, completion of an organ donation card, notification of the decision to the relatives, notification to the family doctor, notification to the health insurance company, by a living will); regulation of organ and tissue donation in Germany by law or by the responsible transplantation centres; restriction of organ and tissue removal; withdrawal of the decision to donate organs and tissue; age limit for organ and tissue removal (from 2013: top); procurement of organs removed in Germany (to persons living in Germany, worldwide or by Eurotransplant to the countries belonging to the network); departure from the deceased person after organ and tissue removal; criterion for possible organ and tissue removal (presence of cardiac death, brain death or coma); definition of brain death; quantity of organs and tissue available in Germany; probability of life 5 years after kidney transplantation; organ and tissue trade in Germany; organ donation from living persons (living donation); organ donation to certain persons; regulation on organ and tissue removal in Germany (consent of the donor, consent of relatives in the absence of a personal decision, automatic organ and tissue donor in the absence of a contradiction, no regulation); normal life possible for brain-dead persons. 3. Being informed about organ and tissue donation; information sources on organ donation in the last six months (magazines, posters, internet, cinema, television, radio and brochures); visited websites on organ...