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Table 5 Themes and respective sub-themes from the opt-out group

From: ‘If I donate my organs it’s a gift, if you take them it’s theft’: a qualitative study of planned donor decisions under opt-out legislation

Donor Choice

Themes

Sub-themes

Opt-out

1. Medical mistrust

- What if I’m not dead?

- Reduced lifesaving care

2. A violation of bodily integrity

- A desire to remain whole

- Organ donation damages the body

- A barrier to a peaceful passing

3. The State has no right to assume consent

(No sub-theme)