The first comprehensive account of the ethical issues facing biological anthropologists today.Biological anthropologists face an array of ethical issues as they engage in fieldwork around the world. In this volume human biologists, geneticists, paleontologists, and primatologists confront their involvement with, and obligations to, their research subjects, their discipline, society, and the environment. Those working with human populations explore such issues as who speaks for a group, community consultation and group consent, the relationship between expatriate communities and the community of origin, and disclosing the identity of both individuals and communities. Those working with skeletal remains discuss issues that include access to and ownership of fossil material. Primatologists are concerned about the well-being of their subjects in laboratory and captive situations, and must address yet another set of issues regarding endangered animal populations and conservation in field situations. The first comprehensive account of the ethical issues facing biological anthropologists today, Biological Anthropology and Ethics opens the door for discussions of ethical issues in professional life.
Trudy R. Turner is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Ethical Concerns in Biological AnthropologyTrudy R. Turner 2. Field Primatologists: Duties, Rights, and ObligationsLinda D. Wolfe 3. Studies of Primates in the Field and in Captivity: Similarities and Differences in Ethical ConcernsLeanne T. Nash 4. Habituating Primates for Field Study: Ethical Considerations for African Great ApesMichele L. Goldsmith 5. Biological Samples in the Modern Zoological Park: A Case Study from the Bronx ZooCathi Lehn 6. Commentary: Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical ResearchJay Kaplan 7. Ethical Issues in the Molding and Casting of Fossil SpecimensJanet M. Monge and Alan E. Mann 8. The Ethics of BioarchaeologyClarke Spenser Larsen and Phillip L. Walker 9. Ethical Issues in Forensic AnthropologyHeather Walsh-Haney and Leslie S. Lieberman 10. Commentary: A Discussion of Ethical Issues in Skeletal BiologySusan C. Anton 11. Ethical Issues in Human Biology Behavioral Research and Research with ChildrenSara Stinson 12. Institutional Review Boards: The Structural and Cultural Obstacles Encountered in Human Biological ResearchStacy Zamudio 13. Darkness in El Dorado: Claims, Counter-Claims, and the Obligations of ResearchersTrudy R. Turner and Jeffrey D. Nelson 14. A Case Study of Ethical Issues in Genetic Research: The Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson StorySloan R. Williams 15. Psychological and Ethical Issues Related to Identity and Inferring Ancestry of African AmericansCynthia E. Winston and Rick A. Kittles 16. The Consent Process and aDNA Research: Contrasting Approaches in North AmericaDennis H. O'Rourke, M. Geoffry Hayes, and Shawn W. Carlyle 17. Working with Ancient DNA: NAGPRA, Kennewick Man, and Other Ancient PeoplesFrederika A. Kaestle and David G. Smith 18. Commentary: Changing Standards of Informed Consent: Raising the BarJonathan S. Friedlaender 19. Commentary: An Overview of Human Subjects Research in Biological AnthropologyJeffrey C. Long 20. Commentary: Data Sharing and Access to InformationTrudy R. Turner Appendix I. Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association Appendix II. Code of Ethics of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists List of Contributors Index
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