Performing procedures on the newly deceased for teaching purposes: What if we were to ask?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-96

  Morag, Rumm M ^a   DeSouza, Sylvie ^b   Steen, Petter A ^c   Salem, Ashraf ^b   Harris, Mark ^b   Ohnstad, Oyvind ^c   Fosen, Jan T ^c   Brenner, Barry E ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEATH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; NORWAY;

EID: 11844255628     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.1.92     Document Type: Article

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