The Ethics of Using Human Remains in Medical Exhibitions: A Case Study of the Cushing Center

This paper presents an ethical framework for the creation and consideration of medical exhibits displaying human remains. Using the Cushing Center at the Yale School of Medicine as a case study, the aim is to delineate the rights that donors of human tissue maintain post mortem. Moreover, this artic...

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Autor principal: Sallam, Aminah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2019
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31866793
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description This paper presents an ethical framework for the creation and consideration of medical exhibits displaying human remains. Using the Cushing Center at the Yale School of Medicine as a case study, the aim is to delineate the rights that donors of human tissue maintain post mortem. Moreover, this article focuses a critical lens to the doctor-patient relationship, whether it should extend post mortem, and the implication of this for viewers. Ultimately, this account emphasizes the complex ethical factors that should be considered when assessing the function of a medical exhibition.
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spelling pubmed-69138072019-12-20 The Ethics of Using Human Remains in Medical Exhibitions: A Case Study of the Cushing Center Sallam, Aminah Yale J Biol Med Perspectives This paper presents an ethical framework for the creation and consideration of medical exhibits displaying human remains. Using the Cushing Center at the Yale School of Medicine as a case study, the aim is to delineate the rights that donors of human tissue maintain post mortem. Moreover, this article focuses a critical lens to the doctor-patient relationship, whether it should extend post mortem, and the implication of this for viewers. Ultimately, this account emphasizes the complex ethical factors that should be considered when assessing the function of a medical exhibition. YJBM 2019-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6913807/ /pubmed/31866793 Text en Copyright ©2019, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
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