Motivation for body donation to science: More than an altruistic act

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-74

  Bolt, Sophie ^a   Venbrux, Eric ^a   Eisinga, Rob ^a   Kuks, Jan B M ^b   Veening, Jan G ^b,c   Gerrits, Peter O ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Anatomy; Body donation; Motives for donation; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ALTRUISM; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77950543771     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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