[Questions on organ donation. An exploratory study of medical students and overview of the literature].

The attitudes of 83 medical students, aged 19-27 years, toward organ donation were assessed using a short questionnaire. 43% stated great interest, 49% were willing to come to a decision regarding organ donation and 53% showed hesitation. The most important factors for the decision were the definition and time of death, the use of the donated organs, consideration of the relatives and treatment of the corpse. The attitude toward kidney donation was most unequivocal, the willingness to donate an eye or the heart most ambivalent.