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Use of cadavers to train surgeons: what are the ethical issues?
- Correspondence to Dr Hannah James, Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; h.smith.1{at}warwick.ac.uk
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Use of cadavers to train surgeons: what are the ethical issues?
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- Received November 21, 2019
- Accepted November 26, 2019
- First published December 18, 2019.
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March 10, 2023
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