Viewpoint: Exploring the human interior: The roles of cadaver dissection and radiologic imaging in teaching anatomy

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 745-749

  Gunderman, Richard B ^a,c   Wilson, Philip K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 22944462041     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200508000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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