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Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 6; Issue 1.2 (February 2018)

Page No.: 4968-4972

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2017.526

AWARENESS OF BODY DONATION AND EMBALMING AMONG MEDICOS: QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY

Pradnyesh N. Panshewdikar *1, P.R. Kulkarni 2, S.P.Fulari 3.

*1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Dr. V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

2 Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, Dr. V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Dr. V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Pradnyesh N. Panshewdikar, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Dr. V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India. E-Mail: drpnp123@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

Background: Body donation is a gracious act. Although body donation is extremely important the number of persons who choose to donate body remains low. Most important reason for no body donation in India is lack of awareness. Hence organized efforts are needed to raise the awareness and change the mindset of the society. Medicos are the prime source of information hence, basic knowledge of body donation and preservation including embalming should be known to them.

Aims and Objectives: To assess the awareness and sensitize the medicos regarding body donation and body preservation.

Material and Method: The study was a cross-sectional observational study carried out at Dr. Vaishampayan, Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra during the period of September-October 2017. Participants were divided into three groups: teaching faculty, postgraduate students and interns. A predesigned and pretested, knowledge based multiple choice questionnaire containing 15 questions was used in the study. Data was filled in Microsoft Excel Sheet 2007 and analyzed.  Results were expressed in percentage.

Results: When the three groups were compared it was found that overall knowledge regarding procedure of body donation was less in interns compared to faculty and PGs, however all three groups had less knowledge about embalming.

Conclusion: To conclude, our study found that faculty and PGs have a good knowledge of body donation but interns need more sensitization. All the medicos have less awareness of embalming. Hence there is a need of creating more awareness regarding embalming.

Key words:  Body donation, PGs, Faculty.

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Cite this article: Pradnyesh N. Panshewdikar, P.R. Kulkarni, S.P.Fulari. AWARENESS OF BODY DONATION AND EMBALMING AMONG MEDICOS: QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY. Int J Anat Res 2018;6(1.2):4968-4972. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2017.526