title: Questionnaire regarding the knowledge of the rules of organ procurement from cadaveric donors for transplantation directed to the directors of medical institutions in Poland.
abstract: We assessed the level of knowledge of organ procurement regulations among the directors of medical institutions in Poland. We also sought to promote the objection form, and the activity of the Central Register of Objections. A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions was sent to 381 random medical health care institution directors countrywide. In 89% of surveyed institutions, the written text of the organ procurement regulations was available and 94% of directors knew the forms of objection, but in 26% of institutions the form was not available and in 14% it was never obtainable. In the medical institutions directors' opinions, the estimated number of objections is 13% of the population in Poland. Organ transplantation is a form of treatment most medical institutions are familiar with, but the matter of donation is not as well known as transplantation, as observed in 48% of questioned institutions.
authors.affiliation: Polish Transplant Coordinating Centre "Poltransplant", ul. Lindleya 4, 02-005 Warsaw, Poland. czerwis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czerwiński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Łagiewska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wasiak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gontarczyk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fesołowicz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nosek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pawelec
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rowiński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wałaszewski
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D003710:Demography; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D011044:Poland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*