Table 4 Political legitimacy: attitudes towards policies regulating organ donation
From: From motivation to acceptability: a survey of public attitudes towards organ donation in Denmark
Disagree/strongly disagree (%) | Neither agree nor disagree (%) | Agree/strongly agree (%) | Undecided (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Everyone should automatically be considered a potential donor, and those who wish to avoid becoming an organ donor should therefore actively opt out. | 58.6 | 8.5 | 30.4 | 2.5 |
It should be mandatory by law for everyone over the age of 18 to decide whether they want to be an organ donor, and to register their decision in the organ donor registry. | 24.6 | 9.2 | 63.9 | 2.3 |
It should be possible to motivate donors or relatives of potential donors with money, to make them donate organs. | 87.9 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
It would be fair if donors or relatives received compensation for any potential expenses in relation to the donation. | 32.9 | 11 | 52.7 | 3.4 |
The health services must mediate the contact between the relatives of a deceased donor and the recipient of the organ, if both parties request it. | 16.9 | 18.5 | 60.3 | 4.3 |
There is too much being done to promote organ donation already. | 87.4 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 |