Open AccessAwareness and perception regarding eye donation in students of a nursing college in Bangalore
Author(s) -
Anita Gupta,
Sudhir Jain,
Tanu Jain,
Karan Gupta
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.51235
Subject(s) - donation , blindness , context (archaeology) , medicine , perception , family medicine , optometry , nursing , psychology , paleontology , neuroscience , economics , biology , economic growth
Corneal diseases constitute a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world. The number of corneal transplants done is far less than the actual requirement in India. This is largely due to the inadequate number of corneas collected. Well-informed nursing students could be expected to influence eye donation rates.