To Study the Demographic Data of the Body Donation in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Anatomy - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Body Donation is an act of giving one’s body after death for medical research and education. Dissection of human cadavers is mandatory for learning Anatomy. Whole body donation is vital for advancement of medical research and education but it is statistically under reported. To better understand the composite of donors for medical research and education this study will examine body donation demography. Aims and Objectives: To examine and characterize the number of body donation registrations and whole body donations in a tertiary care hospital viz. age, gender, religion and occupation of donors. Materials & Methods: The data of body donation and its registration is studied from a tertiary health care hospital accepting body donation since 1986. The records of body donations accepted during the period 1986 to 1997 and 2005 to 2016 and registrations for body donation done during the period 1986 to 1994 and 2003 to 2016 were available and analysed. Results: The present study shows that the number of body donation registrations and body donations per year remained more or less same over the years. After doing promotion of body donation there was increase in awareness of body donation among population which reflected in terms of increase in registrations for body donation. Donation of male bodies is comparatively more than female bodies. Majority of the body donations were from older age group. Conclusion: Present trend of voluntary body donation is adequate for teaching undergraduate students. Efforts must be made to motivate more people to bequeth their bodies to meet increasing demands of cadavers.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahendrakar Madhuri A.
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