Body donation survey 鈥榚ncouraging鈥
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over half of Hong Kong residents aware of body donation are willing to donate their bodies after death, according to a survey.
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong conducted a phone survey in August last year involving 638 adult residents in the city.
Of the total, 84 percent had heard of body donation, and 51 percent of those said that they were willing to donate their bodies after death.
鈥淭his survey has demonstrated that body donation is widely known by the Hong Kong society, and people in Hong Kong are altruistic,鈥 said chief investigator of the study, Chan Lap-ki, who is an associate professor of Medical and Health Sciences Education.
Chan said the survey results were very encouraging.
鈥淎lthough death and human body dissection are still taboos in Asian culture, we can still see that many Hong Kong people are willing to donate their bodies in order to help medical education and research, and they also want to contribute to the world even after death,鈥 he said.
The survey also found some factors correlated with one鈥檚 willingness on body donation, including younger age, single marital status, not having dependents, dissection experience and willingness to donate organs.
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