ABSTRACT
It would be helpful for a physician to understand ethics because they encounter many of the same ethicalproblems and questions as any human being. However, beyond that, because of the nature of their work, thereare specific moral questions and problems that arise: questions of confidentiality, patient rights, questions oflife and death. An understanding of ethics can help a physician get a clearer view in these difficult cases of theissue at hand, the possible courses of action, and the principles underlying right action.Growing numbers of medical schools have begun to realize the important relationship between medical ethicsandanatomy instruction and cadaver donation. We in the anatomical sciences are standing right at the entranceof the bridge leading from college life to professional school.This writing has been aimed to integrate medical ethics with traditional anatomy courses. Such a programgreatly benefits both students and faculty by requiring them to ethically think through the issues of deathandhuman mortality