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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. Trust in the German health system. 2. Knowledge and attitudes towards 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); knowledge of the contents of the organ donation card (consent to the removal of organs without exception, exclusion of certain organs from the donation, only removal of certain organs, general objection to the removal of organs or tissue, certain person should decide on the removal of organs); withdrawal of the decision to donate organs and tissue; other donation behaviour: respondent has donated blood himself; blood donation once or more often; entry in the bone marrow donor database; generally rather positive or rather negative opinion on organ and tissue donation; willingness to donate organs after death; willingness to accept a donated organ. Documentation of the willingness to donate organs in the organ donor card: possession of an organ donation card; personal statement of intention on the organ donation card (consent to organ removal, objection or designation of a person to take a decision); consent to the removal of organs and tissues without restriction, except for certain organs and tissues or only for certain organs and tissues; organs and tissues excluded from donation, as well as organs and tissues the removal of which has been approved (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, intestines, heart valves, cornea (of the eyes), blood, bone, organs only, no tissues, tissues only, no organs, other, open mentions); personal reasons for consenting to organ donation in the organ donor card (helping...