Wig N, Gupta P, Kailash S
Dept. of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2003 May;51:455-8.
With the improvement in transplant technology major organ transplantation is gradually becoming the treatment of choice in many conditions. The present study assesses the awareness of the concepts of brain death and organ transplantation among public.
Six hundred thirty six select populations, which included office-goers of Delhi, class 12th school children of a reputed public school and villagers, were interviewed to assess their knowledge in various aspects of brain death and organ transplantation.
There was widespread acceptance of organ transplantation among this population. The most alarming feature was that the awareness of the concept of brain death and its importance for organ donation was extremely low. Only small number of individuals were aware that brain death is legal in India. Awareness about brain death was especially low among villagers.
Education about various aspects of brain deaths, its immense importance for organ donation and legality of brain death in India needs to be highlighted.
随着移植技术的进步，主要器官移植在许多情况下正逐渐成为首选治疗方法。本研究评估了公众对脑死亡和器官移植概念的认知情况。
对636名特定人群进行了访谈，这些人群包括德里的上班族、一所知名公立学校的12年级学生和村民，以评估他们在脑死亡和器官移植各个方面的知识。
这一人群对器官移植普遍接受。最令人担忧的特征是，对脑死亡概念及其对器官捐赠重要性的认知极低。只有少数人知道脑死亡在印度是合法的。村民对脑死亡的认知尤其低。
需要强调脑死亡各方面的知识、其对器官捐赠的极其重要性以及脑死亡在印度的合法性。
