Table 2.
Potential Impact of Change in Policy on Public Trust and Donation
Would knowing that liver transplantation was offered to patients with alcoholic liver disease who are still actively drinking alcohol or have not shown a period of abstinence affect your trust in the process of transplantation? | ||
Increase, 3.9% | Decrease, 42.8% | No impact, 53.3% |
If liver transplantation were offered to patients with alcoholic liver disease who are still drinking alcohol, would you be more or less likely to become an organ donor? | ||
All respondents | ||
More likely, 1.8% | Less likely, 34.8% | No impact, 63.5% |
Respondents who have considered becoming organ donors | ||
More likely, 0.8% | Less likely, 36% | No impact, 63.2% |
Would you support a change in the current criteria for liver transplantation to transplant patients with alcoholic liver disease who are still consuming alcohol or have not been abstinent for 6 months? | ||
Yes, 30.5% | No, 39.3% | Undecided, 30.2% |