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Sağiroğlu M, Günay O, Balci E. Attitudes of Turkish Medical and Law Students towards the Organ Donation. Int J Organ Transplant Med. 2015;6(1):1-7
Sağiroğlu, M., Günay, O., & Balci, E. (2015). Attitudes of Turkish Medical and Law Students towards the Organ Donation. International journal of organ transplantation medicine, 6(1), 1-7.
Sağiroğlu, M, et al. "Attitudes of Turkish Medical and Law Students towards the Organ Donation." International journal of organ transplantation medicine vol. 6,1 (2015): 1-7.
Sağiroğlu M, Günay O, Balci E. Attitudes of Turkish Medical and Law Students towards the Organ Donation. Int J Organ Transplant Med. 2015;6(1):1-7. PMID: 25737771; PMCID: PMC4346458.
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Int J Organ Transplant Med. 2015;6(1):1-7.

Attitudes of Turkish Medical and Law Students towards the Organ Donation.

International journal of organ transplantation medicine

M Sağiroğlu, O Günay, E Balci

Affiliations

  1. Erciyes University Medical Faculty Department of Public Health, Kayseri, Turkey.

PMID: 25737771 PMCID: PMC4346458

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Attitudes of medical and law personnel towards organ donation are very important.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the attitudes of the medical and law students towards organ donation.

METHODS: 498 students in the 1(st) and 4(th) grades of the medical and law faculties of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, in 2011-12 academic year, were included in this study. A questionnaire consisting of 31 questions on socio-demographic characteristics of the students and their attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation was administered to the participants.

RESULTS: The percentage of the students who donated organs was 1%. Approximately, 48% of the medical students and 34% of the law students stated that they think to donate organs. The percentage of the students with a positive attitude towards organ donation was found significantly higher among the medical students than the law students, and higher among the 4th grade compared to the 1(st) grade.

CONCLUSION: The percentages of the students who have donated organs and think to donate are rather low. Medical students' attitude towards organ donation was more positive than the law students.

Keywords: Attitudes; Faculty; Law faculty; Student; Tissue and organ procurement; Transplantation; medical

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