Experiencing Body Worlds: Voyeurism, education, or enlightenment?

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-254

  Moore, Charleen M ^a   Brown, C Mackenzie ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy art; Body Worlds; Evolutionand design; Gunther von Hagens; Plastination; Science education; Science exhibitions

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; METHODOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; UNITED STATES; VOYEURISM;

EID: 35648996385     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-007-9042-0     Document Type: Article

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