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. 2015 Feb 1;6(1):1–7.

Table 4.

Comparison of the study groups according the reasons of the students who did not want or were uncertain to donate organs.

Reasons for not donating organ Medical faculty
(n=356) n (%)
Law faculty
(n=142) n (%)
Organ donation is not appropriate religiously 29 (16.3) 12 (12.8)
Afraid of taking organs before the death 42 (23.3) 29 (30.9)
Does not want disruption of body integrity after the death 37 (20.6) 19 (20.2)
Fear that their organs will be given to those who do not want 12 (6.7) 4 (4.3)
Fear of commercial exploitation of organs 26 (14.4) 15 (16.0)
Others 34 (18.9) 15 (16.0)
Total 180 (100.0) 94 (100.0)

χ2=2.818, p=0.728