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. 2004 Dec 18;329(7480):1455-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1455.

Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room experience in Thailand

Andreas Winkelmann  1 , Fritz H Güldner
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Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room experience in Thailand

Andreas Winkelmann et al. BMJ. .

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  • BMJ. 2005 Jan 8;330(7482):82

Abstract

Thailand's approach to body donors offers a good model for resolving the ethical difficulties associated with student dissection

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Students in Phitsanulok participating in the cremation ceremony held at the end of the dissection course
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