Abstract
Most scientific discoveries and advancements have occurred in the world in the last century. Both developed and developing countries are the beneficiaries of the new scientific knowledge and its application. Advanced knowledge and the ethical issues are inseparable from research, treatment, prophylaxis and prevention involving human diseases. It is necessary to make well informed decisions about acceptance of advancements that have taken place elsewhere and also prepare systems for our research and medical education. Bioethics therefore needs to be grounded in the local socio cultural context and health care systems. Students make first contact with human biological tissue in the Anatomy department. The seeds of ethical practices and professionalism are sown here. Therefore appropriate knowledge and attitudes of anatomists and cell biologists towards human tissue is important for regular practice of medicine. A questionnaire based study of knowledge and attitudes of 300 anatomy faculty related to use of human biological materials in research and education was conducted. The items included in the questionnaire were to judge the awareness about the same i.e., laboratory handling of human material and research related to corpses, organ & whole body donation along with their use in clinical learning and research in various medical specialties like, orthopedics, surgery, ENT, anesthesia etc. for clinicians, physicians and surgeons as well as undergraduate, post graduate and allied workforce teaching. The data collected from the respondents in the form of positive and negative responses was analyzed. The study identifies the knowledge gaps and the perceptions of faculty regarding the scope and utility of understanding the role of human biological tissues in curriculum and research and transmission of message to the next generation of learners.
Highlights
Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical education for hundreds of years
Anatomy deals with the structure of the human body, and it is the human body and human tissues that are central to bioethical questions concerning life in both health and disease, in research and clinical practice
Responses to 1st set of questions: About 99.58% respondents were aware of the Ethical committee in their respective institutes. 96.61% subjects knew that non-medicos like, legal expert, ethicist, layperson are part of ethical committee and 93.64% faced ethical problem in research work
Summary
Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical education for hundreds of years. Many argue that it has survived the most demanding pedagogic test time. Anatomy deals with the structure of the human body, and it is the human body and human tissues that are central to bioethical questions concerning life in both health and disease, in research and clinical practice. It is important that the practices of body, organ and tissue donation take into account the cultural, ethical, spiritual and religious views of all those concerned. This need to respect different viewpoints gives added importance to ensuring that each person makes a wise decision on donation
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