Avaliação da percepção de docentes e discentes da unisul sobre a doação voluntária de corpos para estudo e pesquisa em anatomia humana

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz, Peterson
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/12536
• topic: Doação Voluntária; Anatomia Humana; Estudo Anatômico

This study aimed to evaluate the perception of teachers and students of the courses of the Academic Unit of Health and Social Welfare of the University of Southern Santa Catarina, at campus Tubarão, on the voluntary donation of bodies for the study and research in human anatomy. The methodological approach of this research was characterized as quantitative, as the objectives, descriptive research of transversal character. Data were collected through two instruments, a sociodemographic questionnaire and another aiming to understand the perception of Unisul’s teachers and students. The questionnaire was applied to a total of 9 teachers who teach Human Anatomy classes. The students, in a total of 282, study in courses related to the Academic Unit of Health and Social Welfare of the University of Southern Santa Catarina, campus Tubarão, on the 2019/2 semester. The results showed that, regarding gender, the distribution in teachers is 1:1, while most participating students are women. Both teachers and students demonstrated to know or have heard about the voluntary donation of bodies, but when asked if they knew the legislation 66.67% of teachers said yes and more than 90% of students said no. On the question whether they would donate their own body or relatives’, in both cases most would not donate for various reasons, from preferring to be buried - which is what occurred in most questionnaires -, to the family that, for cultural reasons, do not accept or are afraid of being recognized. The subject of death is still a taboo in local culture, causing discomfort in some people. Thus, we conclude in the present study that most teachers and students would not donate the body, but studies show that younger people are less likely to volunteer. It is noticeable that people non-related to health care feeling motivated to become useful after death or in gratitude to science are most susceptible to voluntary donation. However, there is a need for this theme to be more publicized, not only in academia but also in society in general, since the lack of human cadavers for studies is imminent and one of the efficient ways to combat this scarcity of material can be through voluntary body donation programs. Many universities, both in Brazil and in other countries, are already using this type of program with positive results.