A survey on the knowledge and attitudes of italian medical students toward body donation. Ethical and scientific considerations
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Ciliberti Rosagemma, Gulino Matteo, Gazzaniga Valentina, Gallo Fabio, Vellone Valerio Gaetano, De Stefano Francesco, Santi Pierluigi, Baldelli Ilaria
DOI: 10.3390/jcm7070168
ISSN: 2077-0383
Post mortem body donation (PMBD) for medical training and research plays a key role in medical-surgical education. The aim of this study is to evaluate Italian medical students’ awareness and attitudes regarding this practice. A questionnaire was sent to 1781 Italian medical students (MS). A total of 472 MS responded: 406 (92.91%) had a strongly positive attitude to PMBD, while 31 (7.09%) were not in favor. The majority of subjects were Catholic (56.36%), while 185 and 21 subjects, said that they did not hold any religious beliefs, or were of other religions, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed significant associations (p-values