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Level of knowledge and information on organ and tissue donation. Attitudes towards organ and tissue donation. Topics: Satisfaction with one´s own health; attention to one´s own health; Trust in the German health care system; knowledge test: Knowledge of the possibilities for determining willingness to donate organs and tissue; Regulation of organ and tissue donation in Germany: By law or only by the competent transplant centres; possibility to restrict donation to certain organs and tissues; possibility to reverse the decision to donate organs and tissues; upper age limit for organ removal; placement of organs removed in Germany (only to persons living in Germany, worldwide or through Eurotransplant to countries affiliated to the network); possibility of saying goodbye to the deceased person after organ and tissue removal; prerequisite for organ and tissue removal (cardiac death, brain death or coma); meaning of the term brain death; sufficient availability of organs and tissue; waiting time for a donor kidney; probability of a well-functioning donor kidney 5 years after transplantation; legal situation regarding organ trafficking in Germany; living persons as organ donors; possibility of determining the recipient of the organ donation; existing regulation for removal of organs and tissue after death; possibility of return to a normal life for brain-dead persons; frequency of conversations among friends and acquaintances on the topic of organ and tissue donation; perception of advertisements or information on the topic of organ and tissue donation in print media, on posters, on the internet, in cinema commercials, television commercials, radio commercials, brochures or flyers; respective frequency of perception in the last six months (advertising success control) or number of different brochures or flyers seen; websites visited on the topic of organ donation (www.organspende-info.de, www.organpaten.de, www.dso.de); self-assessment of how well informed people are...