Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding whole body donation among medical professionals in a hospital in India

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Ballala, Kirthinath ^a   Shetty, Avinash ^a   Malpe, Surekha Bhat ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude to body donation; Medical bequest program; Medical professionals; Whole body donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79956061763     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.220     Document Type: Article

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