The pornographic anatomy book? The curious tale of the Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-283

  Halperin, Edward C ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTHOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BOOK; ETHICS; HISTORY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EROTICA; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 59849118670     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819391e2     Document Type: Review

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