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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
The Viewpoints Of Law And Medical Students On Autopsy: A Study In Turkey
Nurdan KIRIMLIOĞLU,a Ömür ELÇİOĞLU,a Tarık GÜNDÜZ, MD,bYasemin BALCI, MD,b Enver İHTİYAR, MDc
Departments of aMedical Ethics, bForensic Medicine, cSurgery, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, ESKİŞEHİR
In this study, the questionnaires designed to specify the knowledge, attitudes, acts, anxiety and avoidances of students about autopsy on human corpse are administered to 1st and 3rd year students in the Faculty of Medicine at Osmangazi University, 1st year students in the Faculty of Law at Anadolu University.
Participants responded to the questions in the questionnaire related to the autopsy. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentages and t test were used to analyze the data.
According to our research, the student believe that autopsy is required and useful. The students groups were compared and, it was found out that 1st year students in the Faculty of Medicine believe in the efficiency of autopsy in providing the physicians with autopsy skills more than the 1st year students in the Faculty of Law. (t= 2.7524 p 1.96) One-third of the students stated that they were against autopsy because it was against human nature was disrespectful to human being since it destroyed the bodily integrity.
The students believe that autopsy is required and useful in order to determine the cause of death medico-legally. A small percentage of students stated that autopsy cannot help physician candidates acquire autopsy skills. Further, they expressed doubts about the contribution of autopsy to medical progress, medical research, and the advancement of medical knowledge. These responses suggest a need for greater education on such issues in our country.Keywords: Autopsy, studentTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2006, 14:129-135
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