Traditional undergraduate anatomy education - A contemporary taboo?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 6-7

  Gogalniceanu, Petrut ^a,b   Palman, Jason ^a   Madani, Hardi ^a   Sheena, Yezen ^a   Birch, Wendy ^b   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^c   Douek, Michael ^d  

^a London Surgical Anatomy Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349102086     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05167.x     Document Type: Article

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