Human dissection and organ donation: A historical and social background

Mortality

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-165

  Richardson, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bodysnatching; Commodity; Consent; Dead body; Death culture; Dissection; Donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646364078     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270600615419     Document Type: Article

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