Knowledge, attitude, and willingness towards cadaveric organ donation among Jimma University medical centre health care professionals

Gerbi, Asfaw; Bekele, Mekdes; Tesfaye, Solomon; Chane, Getachew; Markos, Yohannes

doi:10.1016/j.tria.2019.100056

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“…The study done at Jimma University, Ethiopia on the knowledge, attitude, and willingness toward cadaveric organ donation (COD) among Jimma University medical center (JUMC) health-care professionals showed that the majority of health-care professionals in JUMC were well aware of COD, but their attitude and willingness regarding body donation is much lower (39.5%) than their knowledge (78.7%). 14 In all anatomical settings in Ethiopia, the opportunities of strengthening education in bioethics for anatomy instructors, technical assistants, morticians and medical students are often inadequate or nonexistent. In addition to the lack of compliance originating from a lack of standard policies or guidelines which oversee ethical challenges there is also a lack of standard compliance-oriented professional development or training in the universities.…”

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Assessment of Ethical Compliance of Handling and Usage of the Human Body in Anatomical Facilities of Ethiopian Medical Schools

Tesfaye

Hamba

Kebede

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Background: Human anatomy has historically been a cornerstone in medical education and is special in that it uses human remains kept in various anatomical facilities like a morgue, gross anatomy laboratory, or museums for instruction and research. While serving knowledge advancement facilitating clinical practice and research, human cadaver handling, and usage at all levels, such as cadaver sourcing, transportation, storage, preservation, dissection, and final disposal deserves in return the utmost respect. In Ethiopia, even though there is not enough information on when, where, and by whom the first cadaver dissection was conducted, dissection is being conducted in many of its medical schools. Despite ethical necessity surrounding human body usage in every anatomical setting, there is still ethical and legal uncertainty due to several challenging barriers which is severe in developing nations including Ethiopia. The aim of this study is, therefore, to assess ethical practices of handling and usage of the human body to promote, in the near future, formulation and implementation of acceptable, respectful, and ethical guidelines for the anatomy dissection laboratories and related settings in Ethiopia. Methods:A multicentered cross-sectional study was used at selected anatomy facilities of eight Ethiopian medical schools. The collected data through structured questionnaires and checklists were cleaned, preset and entered in to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Internal consistency and reliability were measured by using Cronbach's alpha. Results: The study result showed vivid human body ethical breaches that ranged from lack of power by anatomy unit to oversee the process during sourcing, transportation, embalming, caring, and dissection of cadavers in the anatomy laboratories to student's mistreatment of cadavers. Conclusion:In addition to lack of compliance due to lack of standard ethical guidelines or policies regarding human body usage, the compliance-based professional development is also nonexistent. The ethical way of body sourcing is through body donation; however, in Ethiopia, anatomy teaching exclusively depends on unclaimed bodies. Using a body for dissection that is solely sourced unethically may generate a negative emotional sense of life for anatomy instructors, technical assistants, morticians, and medical students. We inspire better provision of moral and ethical exercise with the good practice concerning the human body through recognizing the humanity and uniqueness of the deceased person. The results of this study serve as a serious condemnation of practices in Ethiopian anatomy facilities and we urge the Anatomical Society of Ethiopia to play its part in changing the present practices related to ethical and legal uncertainty of the human body usage.

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Assessment of Ethical Compliance of Handling and Usage of the Human Body in Anatomical Facilities of Ethiopian Medical Schools

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“…28 There is an extensive body of literature that discusses the role of knowledge in molding attitudes toward organ donation. [29][30][31] The rationale behind this argument is the premise that greater knowledge will result in a greater WTD. A study conducted among healthcare professionals in a medical center showed that the low level of knowledge is the main reason for less intention toward deceased organ donation.…”

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“…A study conducted among healthcare professionals in a medical center showed that the low level of knowledge is the main reason for less intention toward deceased organ donation. 29 It is for this reason that the changeable variables of education, occupation, and income can positively affect organ donation rates. Higher socioeconomic status (SES) is expected to offer better access to knowledge and information, which then can help people to override taboos and other misconceptions when making decisions.…”

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“…45 Similarly, critics have encouraged the unleashing of market forces to raise donation rates. 29,30 While the brazen opening of organ donation to market forces can be disastrous, recent literature suggests that the provision of financial incentives to raise organ donation rates may not be altogether bad. 46 The result of an experiment consists of four treatments to raise organ donation in the United States, which showed the largest donation rates occurred when financial return is offered for being an organ donor.…”

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Can financial rewards complement altruism to raise deceased organ donation rates?

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Background: Organ supply–demand in developing countries worldwide has continued to widen. Hence, using a large survey (n ¼ 10,412), this study seeks to investigate whether human psychology could be used to inculcate philanthropy to raise deceased organ donation rates. Methods: Three models were constructed to examine multidimensional relationships among the variables. Structural equation modeling was applied to estimate the direct and indirect influence of altruism, financial incentives, donation perception, and socioeconomic status simultaneously on willingness to donate deceased organs. Ethical Considerations: The study was approved by the University of Malaya ethics committee. Results: The results show that altruism amplifies the impact of socioeconomic status and donation perception on willingness to donate. Also, the results show that financial incentives cannot complement altruism to raise organ donation rates. Hence, investing in education and public awareness enhances altruism in people, which then increases the propensity to donate. Conclusion: Evidence suggests that governments should allocate resources to increase public awareness about organ donation. Awareness programs about the importance of philanthropic donations and the participation of medical consultants at hospitals in the processes form the foundation of such a presumptive approach.

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“…Consequently, it is an utmost essential to understand one's knowledge and attitudes that mould their intention towards organ donation. There were many studies being carried out looking into this relationship among health professions (Dutra, et al, 2004;Bilgel, 2006;Hu, & Huang, 2015;Gerbi, et al, 2020;Milaniak, et al, 2020) but very few studies done among education professionals. Therefore, this paper is aimed to explore this relationship among the academic staff of Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor.…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Academicians Towards Organ Donation: A Concept Paper

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Mozie²,

Ghazali

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the contributing factors towards the intention to become an organ donor. The literature reviews on the main issues about the awareness of public about organ donation. In Malaysia only 420,601 pledgers of organ donation which is equivalent to 1.3 percent of the total population of Malaysia. This figures in not sufficient to meet the demand from patients in the organ waiting list. Literature reported that the level of awareness in Malaysia is still low. Low organ donation rates have been linked to a lack of public awareness and knowledge about organ donation. In order to get a better insight of what factors that may contribute to the intention of a person to become an organ donor, this paper, based on the past literature propose two factors: Knowledge and attitude as the predictor variables towards intention. The study intends to collect data from the academician in the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor.

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Knowledge, attitude, and willingness towards cadaveric organ donation among Jimma University medical centre health care professionals

Cited by 11 publications

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Assessment of Ethical Compliance of Handling and Usage of the Human Body in Anatomical Facilities of Ethiopian Medical Schools

Assessment of Ethical Compliance of Handling and Usage of the Human Body in Anatomical Facilities of Ethiopian Medical Schools

Can financial rewards complement altruism to raise deceased organ donation rates?

Knowledge and Attitudes of Academicians Towards Organ Donation: A Concept Paper

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