Skeletons in the closet: time to give human bones acquired by health practitioners for educational purposes the respect they deserve

Jonathan Coman¹, Simon S Craig^{1

2}, Anne-Maree Kelly^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
² Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.

Jonathan Coman et al. Med J Aust. 2022.

. 2022 May 2;216(8):392-396.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51477. Epub 2022 Apr 6.

Jonathan Coman¹, Simon S Craig^{1

2}, Anne-Maree Kelly^{3

4}

¹ Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
² Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.

No abstract available

Keywords: Anatomy; Ethics.

Comment in

Skeletons in the closet: time to give human bones acquired by health practitioners for educational purposes the respect they deserve.
Cornwall J, Hildebrandt S, Champney T. Cornwall J, et al. Med J Aust. 2022 Oct 3;217(7):379. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51704. Epub 2022 Aug 30. Med J Aust. 2022. PMID: 36039799 No abstract available.

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