Anatomist on the dissecting table? Dutch anatomical professionals' views on body donation

Bolt, Sophie; Venbrux, H.J.M.; Eisinga, Rob; Gerrits, Peter O.

doi:10.1002/ca.21215

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“…Previous studies have suggested that being exposed to working with cadavers influences attitudes toward body donation (ŞEHIRLI, SAKA, SARIKAYA, 2004;CAHILL, ETTARH, 2008;PERRY, ETTARH, 2009;BOLT et al, 2012;ALEXANDER et al, 2014;PLAISANT et al, 2014). After their anatomy course, which included cadaver-based instruction, students were less keen to become donors or to advise their family to do so (CAHILL, ETTARH, 2008;PERRY, ETTARH, 2009;ALEXANDER et al, 2014).…”

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Attitudes of medical and allied medical students from Serbia toward whole body donation

Srdić-Galić¹,

Drvendžija²,

Štrkalj³

2016

Biosci. J.

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Anatomy, one of the key pre-clinical subjects in medical and allied medical disciplines, has traditionally relied on instruction based on the utilization of cadavers. Acquiring cadavers for anatomy education has presented a challenge in many countries. This challenge has been met through the organization of well informed and culturally sensitive body donation programs. Attitudes of the general population, medical professionals and students are important in devising these programs. The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes of medical and allied medical students from the University of Novi Sad toward whole body donation. A survey was carried out on the first and third year students enrolled in all degrees taught at the University and the sixth year medical students. A large number of respondents (87.38%) perceived cadavers as important in anatomy education. The majority of students (51.26%) would support the body donation of a stranger, while a much smaller proportion of respondents would become donors (19.51%) or support their family members (21.67%) to bequeath their body. There were differences in attitudes toward body donation related to respondents' year of study, ethnicity and religion. The main reasons for donation were altruistic, while the main reasons not to donate were lack of information and religious factors. Most of the respondents were in favor of introducing memorial services for the body donors. The results of the study highlight the importance of a culturally sensitive approach to students in the anatomy laboratories and the enrichment of anatomy education through the humanities. They also underscore the significance of well-organised and informative body donation programs.

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Attitudes of medical and allied medical students from Serbia toward whole body donation

Srdić-Galić¹,

Drvendžija²,

Štrkalj³

2016

Biosci. J.

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“…Attitudes toward cadavers, their role in education, and toward body donation among the general population, donors, and professionals (Sanner, 1994;Richardson and Hurwitz, 1995;Dluzen et al, 1996;Abu-Hijelh et al, 1997;Lagwinski et al, 1998;Arr aez-Aybar et al, 2004a;Boulware et al, 2004;S¸ehirli et al, 2004;Ajita and Singh, 2007;Bolt et al, 2010Bolt et al, , 2011Bolt et al, , 2012Chakraborty et al, 2010;McClea and Stringer, 2010;Wijbenga et al, 2010;Halou et al, 2013) seem to vary, following to a considerable extent the changes in the social and cultural landscapes of a country (e.g., Park et al, 2011;Cornwal et al, 2012). In the words of the British historian of medicine Roy Porter: "the body is pregnant with symbolic meanings, deep, intensely charged and often highly contradictory… Medical beliefs are always underpinned by cultural attitudes and values about the flesh" (Porter, 2002).…”

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Attitudes of Australian chiropractic students toward whole body donation: A cross‐sectional study

Alexander

Marten

Stewart

et al. 2013

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Cadavers play an important role in anatomy education. In Australia, bodies for anatomy education are acquired only through donations. To gain insight into educational dynamics in an anatomy laboratory as well as to facilitate body donation programs and thanksgiving ceremonies, it is important to understand students' attitudes toward body donation. In this cross-sectional study, the attitudes of Macquarie University's first, second, and fifth year chiropractic students toward body donation were investigated. Macquarie University chiropractic students have a four semester long anatomy program, which includes cadaver-based instruction on prosected specimens. A questionnaire was used to record respondents' demographics and attitudes toward body donation: personal, by a relative, and by a stranger. It was found that ethnicity and religion affect attitudes toward body donation, with Australian students being more willing to donate a stranger's body and atheists and agnostics being more willing to donate in general. Furthermore, willingness to donate one's own or a family member's body decreases as year of study increases, suggesting a possible negative impact of exposure to cadavers in the anatomy laboratory. This was only true, however, after controlling for age. Thus, the impact of viewing and handling prosected specimens, which is the norm in anatomy classes in Australia, may not be as strong as dissecting cadavers. It is suggested that anatomists and educators prepare students for cadaver-based instruction as well as exhibit sensitivity to cultural differences in how students approach working with cadavers, when informing different communities about body donation programs and in devising thanksgiving ceremonies.

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“…Studies examining sex differences in donation show inconsistent findings (e.g., Dluzen et al, 1996;Cornwall et al, 2012a). Other studies have found that those who were married (e.g., Dluzen, et al, 1996) or had a long-term partner (Bolt et al, 2010;Cornwall et al, 2012a) were more likely to register and that there was a greater willingness to donate among those who were more educated (Bolt, Venbrux, Eisinga, & Gerrits, 2012;Boulware et al, 2004;Cornwall et al, 2012a;Rokade & Gaikawad, 2012). Ethnicity among deceased donors was almost exclusively white Caucasian (e.g., Dluzen et al, 1996).…”

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Predicting People’s Intention to Donate Their Body to Medical Science and Research

Delaney

White

2015

The Journal of Social Psychology

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Predictors of people's intention to register with a body bequest program for donating their deceased body to medical science and research were examined using standard theory of planned behavior (TPB) predictors (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control) and adding moral norm, altruism, and knowledge. Australian students (N = 221) at a university with a recently established body bequest program completed measures of the TPB's underlying beliefs (behavioral, normative, and control beliefs) and standard and extended TPB predictors, with a sub-sample reporting their registration-related behavior 2 months later. The standard TPB accounted for 43.6%, and the extended predictors an additional 15.1% of variance in intention. The significant predictors were attitude, subjective norm, and moral norm, partially supporting an extended TPB in understanding people's body donation intentions. Further, important underlying beliefs can inform strategies to target prospective donors.

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Anatomist on the dissecting table? Dutch anatomical professionals' views on body donation

Cited by 35 publications

References 14 publications

Attitudes of medical and allied medical students from Serbia toward whole body donation

Attitudes of medical and allied medical students from Serbia toward whole body donation

Attitudes of Australian chiropractic students toward whole body donation: A cross‐sectional study

Predicting People’s Intention to Donate Their Body to Medical Science and Research

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