Support for whole-body donation among educational staff in Southwestern Ugandan medical educational schools.
Ann Anat
; 257: 152327, 2024 Aug 29.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The teaching of anatomy from early days of medical education relied on the use of cadaver; hence, the present study assessed the support for whole-body donation among academic staff.METHODS:
This is a cross-sectional study conducted from January to March 2024 in Southwestern Ugandan medical educational schools among 160 academic staff. Ethical approval was obtained and structured questionnaires were distributed to study participants in the selected Medical Educational Schools.RESULTS:
Among the 160 sampled academic staff, only 16â¯% and 18â¯% supported the donation of their whole-body and the bodies of their relatives/friends for anatomical education respectively. The reason put forward for respondents support for whole-body donation were contribution to medical science (88.5â¯%) and learnt from someone's body (53.8â¯%). The fear of misuse of their body (42.5â¯%), cultural (53.7â¯%) and religious (44.8â¯%) belief were the reasons for non-support for whole-body donation among the study participants.CONCLUSION:
This study concluded that support for whole-body donation among academic staff was low; reasons for non-support were fear of misuse of body, religious and cultural beliefs; hence, we recommend the need for massive desensitization of the public aimed at building confidence on whole-body donation in the community.
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Ann Anat
Asunto de la revista:
ANATOMIA
Año:
2024
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País de afiliación:
Uganda
Pais de publicación:
Alemania