Back to the future: Teaching anatomy by whole-body dissection

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 668-671

  Ramsey Stewart, George ^a   Burgess, Annette W ^b,c   Hill, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

EID: 78650196978     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04099.x     Document Type: Article

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