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

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

Comment

Jon Cornwall et al. Med J Aust. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 3;217(7):379.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51704. Epub 2022 Aug 30.

¹ Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Anatomy; Education, medical; Ethics; Ethics, professional.

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Skeletons in the closet: time to give human bones acquired by health practitioners for educational purposes the respect they deserve.
Coman J, Craig SS, Kelly AM. Coman J, et al. Med J Aust. 2022 May 2;216(8):392-396. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51477. Epub 2022 Apr 6. Med J Aust. 2022. PMID: 35388489 No abstract available.

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