Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room experience in Thailand

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

Abstract

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

MeSH terms

  • Anatomy / education*
  • Buddhism
  • Cadaver*
  • Ceremonial Behavior
  • Culture
  • Dissection / ethics
  • Dissection / methods*
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate / ethics
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate / methods*
  • Humans
  • Teaching* / ethics
  • Teaching* / methods
  • Thailand