Safe Handling of Human Remains of VHF Patients in U.S.
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Viruses that cause VHFs can be transmitted in postmortem care settings through unsafe handling of remains. Safely handle human remains by properly using personal protective equipment (PPE) and specific body bags, and by following decontamination measures at every step of the process.
Ethical Considerations for Human Remains - Cambridge …
WEBWorking with human remains raises a host of ethical issues. This chapter explores whether there is a universal ethical approach to human remains or whether this idea is so general as to be little more than a broad statement. The chapter also provides a more general introduction to ethics.
Study, conservation and exhibition of human remains: the need …
WEBOct 7, 2020 · As a “culturally sensitive material”, human remains collections must be acquired and handled with respect regardless of their age and legitimacy of provenance.
Reckoning with Human Remains in the Smithsonian Collection
WEBWe have a duty to the people whose remains we care for and their descendants to honor and respect them in accordance with our current values and priorities. We believe that all human remains must be treated with dignity and respect.
WEBIn many cultures, human remains − mostly of ancestors, religious persons, but also of defeated enemies − are deemed to have a particular power, spirituality and active role. In Europe, a continent shaped by Christianity, the public display of human remains has been accepted for a long time.
Anthropologists are still wrestling with their obligations to the ...
WEBApr 13, 2022 · One major journal develops a rough draft for handling human remains. By Philip Kiefer. Posted on Apr 13, 2022 4:00 PM EDT. Aleš Hrdlička, a founding bioanthropologist, measuring skulls in...
Human remains - British Museum
WEBHeld in a number of departments for display and research, over 6,000 human remains are in the care of the Museum. The human remains are managed in a way that protects the collection for the benefit of present and future generations.
WEBThe guidance is divided into three parts: Part 1 gives a legal and ethical framework for the treatment of human remains; Part 2 deals with the curation, care and use of remains; Part 3 provides a framework for handling claims for the return of remains.
Curating Human Remains: Caring for the Dead in the United
WEBHow to care for, store, display and interpret human remains, and issues of their ownership, are contentious questions, ones that need to be answered with care a...
WEBprovide museums and collections with a revised set of guidelines for the care of human remains. While current debates in the public and political sphere focus primarily on human re mains from colonial contexts, the present Guidelines offer recommendations for the care of all human remains held by collections.
- Some results have been removed