From time immemorial, cadaveric dissection has been commonly employed as a method of
practical teaching and learning for anatomical education globally. Conventionally, cadaveric …

The culture of cadaver dissection remains the most commonly used method of practical
teaching and learning of human anatomy. Anatomist and medical professionals considered …

Health education, research, and training rely on the altruistic act of body donation for the
supply of cadavers. Organ transplantation and research rely on donated organs. Supply of …

Background Body donation is integral to anatomy education, but procurement can be
ethically fraught. While voluntary donation is preferred, the use of unclaimed bodies …

Background Body donation is a predominant mode of body sourcing in many countries
including South Africa; however, it continues to be limited among the different ethnic groups …

Background: Human body is the most perfect atlas of human anatomy. Body donation after
death is, next to donation of organs for the purpose of transplantation, another most altruistic …

Voluntary donation is the ethically acceptable method for whole‐body acquisition for
anatomy education worldwide. In Africa, educational institutions struggle with this since …

In recent years, China has been facing a shortage of cadavers for teaching medical
students. A better comprehension of the attitudes and factors influencing the general public's …

Efforts by anatomists over the recent past, have converted the cadaver population in a South
African institution from a predominantly unclaimed population into one purely derived from …

Documented skeletal collections are valuable resources for anthropological studies aimed
at reconstruction of the biological profile and examination of osteological trauma and …