Attitudes toward organ donation among personnel from the University Hospital of Rabat

Abstract EN

The medical staff could play a major role in promoting for organ donation.

The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of the medical staff toward organ donation.

It is a prospective study conducted over a period of six months.

A questionnaire was distributed and explained to the medical staff in our institute.

Fifteen questions were designed to include four main themes: sociodemographic information, attitude toward organ donation, perceived knowledge about organ donation, and reasons for refusal or acceptance of organ donation.

Among the 245 respondents, 36.3% had prior knowledge about organ transplantation, 31.8% knew about the law of organ donation, 43.2% had already donated blood sometimes, 65.7% expressed their consent to organ donation during their lifetime, and 82.8% expressed their agreement to donation after their death.

The grounds for refusal were generally: a misunderstanding of risks, desire for respect of corpse.

The religious and the ethical motive were present too as a ground for decision making.

The medical staff is the key for organ donation.

To promote organ transplantation, personnel should be well informed about ethical, moral, and religious dimensions of organ donation and transplantation.