The story of Dutch body donors

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Title:	The story of Dutch body donors
Author(s):	Bolt, S.H. ; Venbrux, H.J.M. ; Eisinga, R.N. ; Kuks, J.B.M.; Veening, J.G. ; Altena, M.M.A. ; Gerrits, P.O.
Publication year:	2012
Source:	Journal of Anatomy, vol. 221, iss. 1, (2012), pp. 86
ISSN:	0021-8782
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01515.x
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : https://hdl.handle.net/2066/103029
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Subject:	Inequality Cohesion Modernization Research Program in Religious Studies Refiguring Death Rites Onderzoeksprogramma Religiewetenschappen
Organization:	FSW_Fac. algemeen SW OZ NISCO CAOS SW OZ NISCO SOC Leerstoel Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen Vergelijkende godsdienstwetenschappen
Former Organization:	Kernleerstoel Vergelijkende Godsdienstwetenschappen
Subsidient :	NWO
Journal title:	Journal of Anatomy
Volume:	vol. 221
Issue:	iss. 1
Page start:	p. 86
Abstract:	The number of body donor registrations in the Netherlands has witnessed a steep increase for several years. To explore this upward trend and motives for donation, a survey was conducted (n = 759) among registered body donors in the database of the Department of Anatomy at the University Medical Center of Groningen (UMCG). In addition, qualitative in-depth interviews were held with twenty of the body donors from the survey. The results of the research show the stories behind body donation: the motives of body donors, their social background and personality characteristics, and their attitude towards life and death. These insights are not only relevant for body donor programmes elsewhere struggling with a scarcity of body donors, but also for more sensitive and humane guidelines.