Richardson R, Hurwitz B
Department of Anatomy, University College, London, UK.
Lancet. 1995 Jul 29;346(8970):277-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)92166-4.
We report a survey in the UK of potential whole-body donors for dissection. 218 people (age range 19-97 years) answered a postal questionnaire, giving information about themselves, their reasons for donation, attitudes towards the dead body, funeral preferences and medical giving and receiving. In addition to altruism, motives included the wish to avoid funeral ceremonies, to avoid waste, and in a few cases, to evade the expense of a funeral. 44% understood that their bodies would be used as teaching material, 42% for experiments. Whilst 69% believed in one or more supernatural phenomena, only 39% said they were religious. 69% requested cremation after dissection; 2% wanted to be buried. The notion of money incentives to promote donation was overwhelmingly rejected.
我们报告了一项在英国针对潜在的全身解剖捐赠者开展的调查。218人（年龄范围为19至97岁）回复了一份邮寄问卷，提供了关于他们自己、捐赠原因、对尸体的态度、葬礼偏好以及医疗方面的给予和接受情况等信息。除了利他主义外，动机还包括希望避免葬礼仪式、避免浪费，在少数情况下，是为了逃避葬礼费用。44%的人明白他们的身体将被用作教学材料，42%的人知道会用于实验。虽然69%的人相信一种或多种超自然现象，但只有39%的人表示他们有宗教信仰。69%的人要求在解剖后进行火化；2%的人希望土葬。绝大多数人拒绝了用金钱激励来促进捐赠的想法。
