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Use of cadavers to train surgeons: respect for donors should remain the guiding principle
- Correspondence to Dr Anne Marie Slowther, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; a-m.slowther{at}warwick.ac.uk
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Use of cadavers to train surgeons: respect for donors should remain the guiding principle
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- Received January 17, 2020
- Accepted January 26, 2020
- First published February 6, 2020.
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March 10, 2023
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