Impact of Cadaver Dissection on Medical Students

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Hancock, Dene ^a   Williams, Maynard ^a   Taylor, Antony ^b   Dawson, Brenda ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 1842535097     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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