Dissection as a teaching tool: Past, present, and future

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Elizondo Omaña, Rodrigo E ^a,b   Guzmán López, Santos ^a   De Los Angeles García Rodríguez, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Cadaver; Dissection

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; ETHICS; EUROPE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY; BIOETHICS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23344431636     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20070     Document Type: Review

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