Anatomist on the dissecting table? Dutch anatomical professionals' views on body donation

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Bolt, Sophie ^a   Venbrux, Eric ^a   Eisinga, Rob ^a   Gerrits, Peter O ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anatomy; dissecting room; motivation for donation; whole body donation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DONOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMY; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84857059593     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21215     Document Type: Review

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