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Why you should consider donating your body to research once you die.
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Dissection also plays an important role in introducing students to death. It provides moral and ethical training for students as well as a humanistic approach to patient care.
We’ve come a long way since the dark days of grave robbing to provide bodies for dissection. Now, there are ceremonies and memorials to honour people who have donated their body to science.
You’ve just died. Your family is distraught. Before passing on, you made arrangements to donate your body to your local university for the purpose of scientific training. Your family and friends respect…
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PhD Candidate (Biological Anthropology), University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer/Curator, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Medical Sciences, UNSW Medicine & Health & Co-Director, UNSW Scientia Education Academy, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, biological anthropologist and anatomist, UNSW Sydney
