title: Attitudes toward live and postmortem kidney donation: a survey of Chinese medical students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As the gap between supply and demand for donor organs is increasing, we sought to clarify the knowledge and attitudes regarding living-organ donation among Chinese medical students and analyze their incentives and influencing factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from Chinese medical students using a standardized questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 320 surveyed participants, 261 participants (81.6%) said they would consider donating their live kidney organ, and 262 participants (81.9%) were willing to donate posthumously. Although 177 participants (55.7%) confirmed current regulations on posthumous organ donation, only 85 participants (26.7%) could correctly identify the regulations on live organ donation in China. Gender differences were not significantly associated with willingness to donate a kidney, whereas religion and socioeconomic status of the respondents were significantly associated with willingness to donate a live or posthumous kidney.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among well-informed, young, healthy, and economically well-off Chinese male and female medical students, most were willing to be live kidney donors. Religion and socioeconomic status may affect the decision-making process for organ disposition.
authors.affiliation: From the Hospital Administration Office, Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China; AND the Department of Public Health, Charité University Medicine, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Fangmin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaczmarczyk
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biller-Andorno
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D037921:Gift Giving; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement