We cannot change the past, but we can learn from it

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7841, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Martin ^a   Knüsel, Christopher ^b   Chamberlain, Andrew ^c   Mitchell, Piers D ^d  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURIAL; GIGANTISM; HUMANS; MUSEUMS; SKELETON; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84863012783     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e556     Document Type: Letter

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