School of Medicine Student Publications
Title
This Is My Body
UMMS Affiliation
School of Medicine
Publication Date
2018-08-07
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Anatomy | Medical Education | Medical Humanities
Abstract
In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student is reminded of Communion service at her New England Protestant church when she sees the beauty of the human anatomy in a cadaver, a former teacher who offered her body as the ultimate teaching moment, in an echo of Jesus’ words at the Last Supper: “This is my body, broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
Keywords
human anatomy, medicine, medical student, teaching
DOI of Published Version
10.1001/jama.2018.10452
Source
JAMA. 2018 Aug 7;320(5):441-442. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.10452.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Related Resources
PubMed ID
30088013
Repository Citation
Norman KE. (2018). This Is My Body. School of Medicine Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.10452. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/som_pubs/9