Out of the dissecting room: News media portrayal of human anatomy teaching and research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-88

  Regan de Bere, Sam ^a   Petersen, Alan ^b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Media; Medical education; News framing; Public engagement; UK

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EDUCATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MEDIA INDUSTRY; MEDICINE; RESEARCH;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; SIMULATION; TEACHING; TISSUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CADAVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646358939     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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