Body of Work
Subtitle: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Published: June 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781594201257
Subjects: Medical Education; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Medical - General; Anecdotes; Human Anatomy; Human dissection; Study and teaching
Description: A first-year medical student describes an anatomy class during which she studied the donated body of a cadaver dubbed "Eve," an experience that profoundly influenced her subsequent studies and understanding of the human form.