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 3

Respondents’ attitude toward the bequeathing of bodies.

Variables	Frequency (No.)	Percent (%)
Willingness to bequeath body
Yes	50	9.8
No	238	46.4
Undecided	225	43.9
Willing to donate any organs
Yes	127	24.8
No	170	33.1
Undecided	216	42.1
Usefulness of body bequeathal
Medical research	427	83.2
Medical education	442	86.2
Making one contribute to the good of society	156	30.4
Making one popular	7	1.4
I do not know	37	7.2
Person one will encourage to bequeath their bodies
Family	51	9.9
Friends	54	10.8
Anyone	147	29.4
Myself	51	9.9
No one	100	20.0
Undecided	225	45.0
Culture’s relation to organ/body bequeathal
My culture supports it	381	74.3
My culture is against it	86	16.2
It is not part of my culture	32	6.2
I do not know what my culture says about it	17	3.3.
Religion’s relation to organ/body bequeathal
My religion supports it	44	8.6
My religion is against it	23	4.5
It is not part of my religion	76	14.8
I do not know what my religion says about it	370	72.2