Voluntary Body Donation - A Survey of Awareness Among nursing Staff.
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Background- Body donation is defined as an informed and free act of giving one’s whole body after death for medical education and research. Methods- The present study is questionnaire based, KAP (Knowledge, attitude& practice) study, carried among 50 nursing staff members in the age group of 21- 60 yrs. The nursing staff members of anatomy department were excluded. Results- Merely 12% of them were aware that body donation is one of the method of dead body disposal & 88% mentioned about the traditional methods only. Only 2% of study members knew the correct time limit to donate the body. Majority (90%) of study members were unaware about the process of body donation. Conclusions - All the nursing staff have less awareness of embalming. Hence there is a need of creating more awareness regarding embalming.
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Dr. P. C. Vyas
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