The Social Production of the Dead Human Body in the Practice of Teaching Anatomy Through Cadaveric Dissection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2392306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Burr (0000-0003-3053-3994, University of Sheffield, corresponding author), Nigel Russell-Sewell (Newcastle University), Nigel V Russell (0000-0002-8763-6137, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 370-385 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13607804231156121 |
| OpenAlex | W4322009701 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
The aim of this study is to explore how the dead human body is socially produced through the practices of those involved in teaching anatomy through cadaveric dissection. The perspectives of anatomists learning to teach offer a novel perspective on the existing literature. The study draws on data from interviews with students and teaching staff involved in practical cadaveric dissection during a UK postgraduate anatomy education programme. Interviews addressed participants' experiences, reflections, and emotional responses during practical dissection of donor bodies. Findings address five areas: anticipation and the 'imagined body', ontology and the latent human, detachment, dissociation, and reconciliation, preparation and intentionality, and gratitude and immortalisation. The findings suggest that during the course of practical dissection sessions, anatomists learn to normalise the transgressive activity of human dissection via processes of reconciliation. The transgressive elements are resolved through the agency of the person once living and through a configuration of the anatomist and the donor body in a network of scientific knowledge, pedagogic practice and personal influence
Dead body · Epistemology · Gratitude · Human anatomy · Human body · Pathology · Praxis · Sociology · Anatomy and Medical Technology · Empathy and Medical Education · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Anatomy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |