Table 2 Re-categorising survey answers about knowledge of and attitudes towards the role of the family according to Delgado et al. [18]. The “national regulation” columns refer to the legal model of individual consent and the legal role of the family in each country as reported in Table 1
National regulation on | Participants’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the family’s role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Consent | Family’s role | Beliefs (knowledge) | Preferences (attitudes) |
Denmark | Opt-in | L2: Surrogate | L2: Surrogate | L2: Surrogate |
Germany | Opt-in | L2: Surrogate | L2: Surrogate | L1/L2: Witness/Surrogate |
Romania | Opt-in | L2: Surrogate | L2/L3: Surrogate/Full authority | L2: Surrogate |
Austria | Opt-out | L0: No role | L2: Surrogate | L1/L2: Witness/Surrogate |
Belgium | Opt-out | L0: No role | L2: Surrogate | L2: Surrogate |
Greece | Opt-out | L2: Surrogate | L3: Full authority | L2: Surrogate |
Slovenia | Opt-out | L2: Surrogate | L2/L3: Surrogate/Full authority | L2: Surrogate |
Spain | Opt-out | L2: Witness | L2: Surrogate | L2: Surrogate |