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Author(s) -
Wingfield Henry Alan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.23010
Subject(s) - medicine , cadaver , procurement , donation , surgery , law , management , political science , economics
In the United States, in particular, there are various ways of obtaining cadavers for medical study, two of the most common being willed body programs and private supply companies. Herein, the mechanisms of these two systems of cadaver procurement are reviewed and the pros and cons of each discussed. Clin. Anat. 31:86–89, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.