Moral considerations in body donation for scientific research: A unique look at the University of Tennessee's Anthropological Research Facility

Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 136-145

  Christensen, Angi M ^a  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological Research Facility; Anthropology; Autonomy; Body donation; Consent; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CADAVER; DECOMPOSITION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT AUTONOMY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SKELETON; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CADAVER; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRESUMED CONSENT; RESEARCH; TENNESSEE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33646697371     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00487.x     Document Type: Review

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43. As a note, not all 'residents' of the ARF are donations for research, as the ARF is also used to assist in forensic cases, and forensic remains can often be found there awaiting decay of the soft tissues so that the bones can be revealed for forensic anthropological analysis.