Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9396189 | Transplantation Proceedings | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The 100 of 195 (51.3%) students completed both questionnaires including 29 men, of an overall cohort mean age 23.7 (range, 22-32 years). 91% of the students had attended classical or scientific high school and 83% were Catholic. Their attitude to transplantation remained strongly positive (96% vs 92%, fourth vs first year). 96% of the fourth year students would accept an human donor organ or an artificial organ (vs 95% of first year) and 91% would accept an animal organ (vs 84%). The students showed a positive attitude to organ donation (96% vs 91%, fourth vs first year). Most of them were prepared to donate their organs after death (88% vs 87%). 63% of the fourth year students signed a donor card. In conclusion, medical student attitudes to organ donation and transplantation are highly positive, but do not improve during the first 3 years of Medical School. An educational program is therefore needed.
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Authors
P. Burra, M. De Bona, D. Canova, M.C. D'Aloiso, G. Germani, R. Rumiati, M. Ermani, E. Ancona,