Can we create ethnically diverse skeletal collection from donated bodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3778854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Wei (0000-0001-6233-5066) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-53 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropologischer Anzeiger (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5548 • E-ISSN: 2363-7099 |
| Publisher | S ch we iz er ba rt (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1127/anthranz/2014/0433 |
| PMID | 25775919 |
| OpenAlex | W2076715749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Understanding bone health is least invasively and most effectively done through studying skeletal remains that reflect the living populations who will benefit from the knowledge produced through research. Donated body collections that accurately represent modern populations are needed for osteological insights to be applied to clinical practices. However, even though the US is growing increasingly diverse, donated body collections still suffer from a lack of ethnic diversity. Most individuals who donate their whole-bodies after death are European-American. Reasons for a lack of ethnic diversity stem from past injustices and present religious norms. Increasing body donation among minorities in the US and abroad may be difficult.
Diversity (politics) · Donation · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Osteology · Political science · Sociology · Anatomy · Anthropology · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Law · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |