Religious beliefs and opinions on clinical xenotransplantation - a survey of university students from Kenya, Sweden and Texas

This study investigated the association between religious beliefs and opini ons on xenotransplantation among students from three different countries. A lower proportion of religious students accepted xenotransplantation than d id non-religious students. A higher proportion of Protestant students seeme d to accept xenotransplantation than did Muslim and Roman Catholic students . A higher proportion of the religious respondents had not formed an opinio n on xenotransplantation compared to non-religious students. There was no d ifference according to gender on views on xenotransplantation, but a higher proportion of older students seemed to accept xenotransplantation than did younger students. A higher proportion of non-vegetarians reported acceptan ce of xenotransplantation than did vegetarians. Acceptance of xenotransplan tation was higher in Sweden compared to the two other regions, and the prop ortion of students who had formed an opinion was higher as well.