Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions on Bequeathing of Bodies for Medical Education and Research among Health Science Students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences

Table 2

Knowledge of body bequeathal.

Variables	Frequency (No.)	Percent (%)	Knowledge level (%)
Heard of body bequeathal in Ghana
Yes	380	74.1	74.1
No	133	25.9
Requirement in body bequeathal			39.6
Nothing is required	5	0.9
Copy of a death certificate	165	32.2
Making one’s family aware	234	45.6
Body disposal permit by government	114	22.2
Body not too thin/not too fat	110	21.4
Body without disease	10	1.9
Body not under police investigation	144	28.1
Filling legal forms	246	47.9
I do not know what is required	214	41.7
Use of bequeathed bodies
Medical research	404	78.8
Medical testing	233	45.4	76.4
Anatomy teaching and learning	458	89.3
I do not know	40	7.8