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The social life of the dead: The role of post-mortem examinations in medical student socialisation

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  • Goodwin, Dawn
  • Machin, Laura
  • Taylor, Adam

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Dissection has held a privileged position in medical education although the professional values it inculcates have been subject to intense debate. Claims vary from it generating a dehumanising level of emotional detachment, to promotion of rational and dispassionate decision-making, even to being a positive vehicle for ethical education. Social scientists have positioned dissection as a critical experience in the emotional socialisation of medical students.

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  • Goodwin, Dawn & Machin, Laura & Taylor, Adam, 2016. "The social life of the dead: The role of post-mortem examinations in medical student socialisation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 100-108.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:161:y:2016:i:c:p:100-108
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.038
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