'Last-minute' donations influence actuarial prediction in an anatomical body donation program

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-6

  Wijbenga, B S ^a   Koning, R H ^a   Kooistra Akse, B J ^b   Bolt, S ^c   Kuks, J B M ^b   van Zanten Timmer, G ^b   Veening, J G ^b,d,e   Gerrits, P O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Body donation program; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DISSECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; REGISTRATION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CADAVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149166954     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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