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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2015; 05(01): 108-110
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703878
Review Article

BODY DONATION AS GIFT TO MEDICAL SCIENCE FOR BETTER TOMORROW - LITERATURE REVIEW

Meera Jacob
1   Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
,
R K Avadhani
2   Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
,
Rani Nallathamby
3   Post Graduates, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
,
Meril Ann Soman
4   Post Graduates, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
,
Bindhu S.
5   Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Abstract

Anatomy is one of the basic and very important subject studied by medical students at the beginning of their medical career. Best method for learning anatomy is by dissection of human cadavers and this forms an indispensable part of training health care professionals. Since the numbers of medical institutions are increasing, there is an increased demand of cadavers for anatomic dissection. Body donation is an act of donating one's body after death for medical research and education. In this article an attempt has been made to collect literature related to body donation, its importance and the ethical issues related to body donation.

Keywords

Anatomy - dissection - body donation - medical education


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