What are some of the ethical considerations faced by forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists?

@article{MrquezGrant2019EthicalCI, title={Ethical Concerns in Forensic Anthropology}, author={Nicholas M{\'a}rquez‐Grant and Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Marin A. Pilloud and Nicola Lester and Summer J. Decker and Jonathan M Ford}, journal={Ethical Approaches to Human Remains}, year={2019} }

The nature of forensic anthropology presents a number of ethical challenges to its practitioners. Some of these issues are similar to those encountered in bioarchaeology or biological anthropology, but a number of dilemmas are unique to the discipline. These ethical challenges are continually growing and becoming more significant as forensic anthropologists practice in a number of different casework scenarios, both domestically and internationally. These include cases ranging from law… 

  • Nicholas V. Passalacqua, M. Pilloud, D. Congram
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    Biology

  • 2021

It is argued that forensic anthropologists have unique expertise, making them the only type of anthropologist qualified to perform medicolegal examinations of human remains, and that to perform or represent yourself as a forensic anthropologist without the appropriate expertise is ethical misconduct.

In this chapter we aim to analyse the ethical issues associated with working with human remains, and how this has affected the different areas of professional advancement in Argentinian physical

This article aims to stimulate a debate as to the applicability and usefulness of the Declaration of Helsinki in the field of forensic research involving human cadavers and remains by focusing on the risks, burdens, and benefits of research, ethics committee approval, and informed consent requirements.

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The rise of more sophisticated forms of analysis has allowed bioarchaeologists to address and answer a wide range of questions regarding past diets, health, mobility, population history, kinship, and

Recent years have brought an important increase in the interest in identified human osteological collections in South America. Their number has been systematically growing and their sizes have been

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