2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07650
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In death there is life: perceptions of the university community regarding body donation for educational purposes in the United Arab Emirates

Abstract: Human body dissection is the traditional instructional method for anatomy education worldwide, providing a kinaesthetic learning experience that is often challenging to achieve with other teaching techniques. However, due to lack of body donation programs in Middle Eastern medical schools, dead bodies are imported from abroad. Since literature suggests that the body shortage is influenced by reluctance to donate one's body, this study aimed to determine the perceptions of faculty, staff, and student… Show more

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“…Possibly, participants were more positive about gross anatomy and the use of donated bodies for research and education because of their choice to pursue vocations requiring training in anatomy, rather than their exposure to anatomical examination per se. The value participants place on their anatomical sciences education may also be reflected in positive attitudes to donation, as reported by others (Cahill & Ettarh, 2011;Ciliberti et al, 2018;Kumar et al, 2020;Lee & Lee, 2021;Naidoo et al, 2021).…”
Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning
confidence: 77%
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“…Possibly, participants were more positive about gross anatomy and the use of donated bodies for research and education because of their choice to pursue vocations requiring training in anatomy, rather than their exposure to anatomical examination per se. The value participants place on their anatomical sciences education may also be reflected in positive attitudes to donation, as reported by others (Cahill & Ettarh, 2011;Ciliberti et al, 2018;Kumar et al, 2020;Lee & Lee, 2021;Naidoo et al, 2021).…”
Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning
confidence: 77%
“…The lack of factual knowledge about donation, particularly the process of procurement, is thus a barrier to donation and inhibits the capacity of the commu- receptive to thinking about them as a consequence of the exposure to the donor body, and the inherent altruistic qualities of donation (Cornwall & Stringer, 2009;Flack & Nicholson, 2017). It would be important, however, that any program about donation included in anatomy class was constrained to the provision of information, not promotion; the issue of donation is very personal and, as shown here and elsewhere, (Rumsey et al, 2003;Shaheen, 2009;Wong, 2010;Wakefield et al, 2011;Phillipson et al, 2015;Ralph et al, 2016;Naidoo et al, 2021) reflective of cultural, religious beliefs and other factors. Students should not feel pressured to support donation but could be better informed about it, with the provision of facts about the legal and ethical frameworks in which donation is enabled and the implications of donation, equipping them with the knowledge to address misconceptions, including their own, those of their family and friends, and the community.…”
Section: Value Of Exposure To Anatomical Sciencesmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Moreover, since Covid‐19 might not disappear for a long time, it is likely that body donations are going to dwindle even more (Singal et al, 2020). Therefore, a “cadaver less” era might be on the brink (Brassett et al, 2020; Oyeniran, 2020; Pushpa & Ravi, 2020; Singal et al, 2020; Singh & Pakhiddey, 2020; Lemos et al, 2021; Naidoo et al, 2021a, b; Skok et al, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Likewise, the majority of physicians, particularly those in surgical specialties, look favourably on their experiences with cadaver dissection 5,6 . Despite this, a disproportionately small number of physicians donate their bodies to medical school Willed Body Programs 7–9 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5,6 Despite this, a disproportionately small number of physicians donate their bodies to medical school Willed Body Programs. [7][8][9] The discordance between the proportion of physicians who claim to have benefited from cadaver dissection and the proportion willing to donate their own body for medical education remains poorly explained. It is reasonable to posit that physicians, having directly experienced the positive impact of cadaver dissection on their…”
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confidence: 99%