COVID-19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Okafor, Izuchukwu Azuka; Chia, Terkuma
Titel	COVID-19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 14 (2021) 2, S.154-162 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Okafor, Izuchukwu Azuka) ORCID (Chia, Terkuma)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.2047
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Death; Human Body; Ethics; Anatomy; Science Education; Problems; Nigeria; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Menschlicher Körper; Ethik; Anatomie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Problemsituation; Afrika
Abstract	The current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and handling of cadavers for teaching and research. Historically, epidemics come with several challenges and have often led to some level of negligence of ethical practices and health and safety regulations associated with body sourcing and handling. The authors highlighted some emerging problems in this article, focusing on Africa and Nigeria in particular. These problems include a higher risk of coronavirus exposure for body handlers, shortage of cadavers for teaching and learning, a lack of standard regulations leading to unethical body sourcing and handling, and a lack of monitoring and collaboration needed for a well-coordinated COVID-19 pandemic response strategy. If these issues are ignored, the previous gains made in anatomical ethical practices may be destroyed. Some useful recommendations for policymaking geared toward prevention or curtailing these emerging issues have been instilled in this article. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01