The creation of a body donation program at Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil: academic importance, challenges and donor profile

• Published in: Anatomy & cell biology Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 489 - 500
• Main Authors: Oliveira, André Gustavo Fernandes de, Gonçalves, Augusto Ferreira, Soares, Júlia Nunes, Salgado, Letícia Henriques Neto, Santana, Bruno Silveira, Passos, Matheus Venâncio, Reis, Juliana Lopes de Oliveira, Arantes, Gustavo Candiá, Campos, Luís Filipe Sarmento, Carvalho, Matheus Souza, Gama, Lucas Cotrim Furtado da, Rezende, Alice Belleigoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Association of Anatomists 31.12.2021; 대한해부학회
• Subjects: Original; 해부학; Body donation; Donors; Anatomy; Health education

Dissection and human specimens study remain the gold standard method for teaching anatomy. Due to the increasing health science courses in Brazil, the traditional way of obtaining bodies for scientific purposes, the unclaimed ones, became insufficient. In addition, this source is no longer ethically...