Attitudes to anatomy dissection in an Irish medical school

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 386-391

  Cahill, Kevin C ^a   Ettarh, Raj R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cadavers; Death; Education; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349120681     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20777     Document Type: Article

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