Emotional reactions of medical students to dissecting human bodies: A conceptual approach and its evaluation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-13

  Tschernig, Thomas ^a   Schlaud, Martin ^a   Pabst, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CURRICULUM; DEATH; DISSECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034654322     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(20000215)261:1<11::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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