Dissection as a modulator of emotional attitudes and reactions of future health professionals

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-571

  Arráez Aybar, Luis Alfonso ^a   Castaño Collado, Gloria ^a   Casado Morales, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

*cadaver; *education, medical, undergraduate; *emotions; Adolescent; Anatomy *education; Anxiety; attitude of health personnel; Dissection *psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Students, medical *psychology*

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DISSECTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 43549106556     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03079.x     Document Type: Article

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