Performing Procedures on the Newly Deceased

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1212-1216

  Morin, Karine ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DEATH; FAMILY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; TRAINING;

EID: 0036946066     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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