Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS: Selling beautiful education

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 12-23

  Burns, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Art; Body Worlds; Cadavers; Dignity; Education; Von Hagens

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOETHICS; CADAVER; EDUCATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRESERVATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CADAVER; EXHIBITS; HUMANS; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34147212767     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701220659     Document Type: Review

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