An Anatomist’s Perspective on the Human Tissue Act

Death Rites and Rights

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 261-278

  Wilton, Joanne C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b St Catharine s College   (United Kingdom)

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