Table 2.

Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies, Bangladesh, 2009

Will this procedure have a benefit to society?

Do we value a medically diagnosed of cause of death?

Do we trust the physician and research team?

Do we believe that the physician and researchers have our best interests in mind?

Does Islam prohibit this kind of procedure?

Does the government support this procedure?

Will the procedure remove any organs from the body?

Will the body feel pain from the procedure?

Will the procedure result in substantial delays in burial?

Will female physicians collect specimens from adult female bodies and male physicians from adult male bodies?

May we elect to have someone we trust to observe the procedure?