Whole body donation for medical science: A population-based study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 570-577

  Boulware, L Ebony ^a,b,c,e   Ratner, Lloyd E ^d   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c   LaVeist, Thomas A ^b   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Donation; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CADAVER DONOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 4744364600     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10225     Document Type: Article

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