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Wainman, Bruce C.; Cornwall, Jon – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2019
Around the world, the recent introduction of assisted death laws has meant that undertaking medical assistance in dying (MAID) is now an option for some persons wishing to end their life. Some of these people donate their bodies to medical science, and by doing so have created a new route from which donor programs can now receive bodies. Such…
Descriptors: Donors, Human Body, Death, Medicine
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Cornwall, Jon; Poppelwell, Zoe; McManus, Ruth – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2018
Individuals who register as body donors do so for various reasons, with aiding medical science a common motivation. Despite awareness of several key reasons for donation, there are few in-depth explorations of these motivations to contextualize persons' reasons for donating. This study undertakes a mixed-method exploration of motivations for body…
Descriptors: Human Body, Donors, Medical Research, Motivation