Differences between dentists and medical doctors in relation to the whole body donation for teaching and research in Cordoba, Argentina
In Argentina, most of the universities have deficiency of corpses. Medicine and Dentistry regularly use corpses for Anatomy teaching-learning. This fact motivated a particular consideration in our study to determine the attitude of different groups in relation to body donation. Our objective was to...
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Asociación Argentina de Anatomía Clínica (Argentine Association of Clinical Anatomy)
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anatclinar/article/view/27661 |
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| Sumario: | In Argentina, most of the universities have deficiency of corpses. Medicine and Dentistry regularly use corpses for Anatomy teaching-learning. This fact motivated a particular consideration in our study to determine the attitude of different groups in relation to body donation. Our objective was to show the observed differences between professionals graduated of these both careers as important participants to develop a donation program. This is a qualitative transversal and relational study based on an anonymous survey with multiple choice and semi-structured responses. The survey was addressed to physicians and dentists selected by hazard. The questionnaire included demographic data and others associated to the importance of corpses for teaching-learning and the attitude to donation. There were differences among the surveyed professionals in their will to dónate. There were no differences by sex, geographic origin, religion or surgical practice. We observed statistical significant differences associated to the speciality, importance assigned to the corpses for Anatomy teaching-learning, the attitude to organs donation for transplantation and knoledge on donation, influencing as well organ and whole body donation. |
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