title: "Silent virtuous teachers": anatomical dissection in Taiwan.
abstract: Steven C Lin, Julia Hsu, and Victoria Y Fan describe how the dissection course at Tzu Chi College of Medicine in Taiwan has motivated and inspired people to donate their bodies for scientific endeavours, an otherwise culturally avoided gesture in the East.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Victoria Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D002102:Cadaver; D003469:Culture; D004210:Dissection / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D013624:Taiwan; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*