Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Assessment of Knowledge and attitude about Medicolegal Aspect of Organ Donation amongst Medical Students

Pande Varsha1 , Nagrale Ninad2 , Patond Swapnil3 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2020

Abstract

Organ Donation is one the lifesaving procedure for many critically ill patients with organ failure. Even ifthe various advanced and modern medical science and technology, there is Scarcity of organs led to biggap between the demand and Supply of organs with number of donors. Present study was conducted AtJawaharlal Nehru medical college DMIMS, Wardha. It was a cross sectional study and second year medicalstudents who were willing to participate included in the study. After taking their informed consent totalof 100 students, brief introduction about the scope of our study, general demographic data was collected.Most of the students answered correctly the knowledge based questions on Organ Donation Appropriateknowledge and a positive attitude by health science students could play a crucial role in shaping publicperspective.

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