Here we provide references that explore ethical concerns in relation to the practice of forensic anthropology and the treatment of human remains
Adams, Donovan M, Justin Z Goldstein, Mari Isa, Jaymelee Kim, Megan K Moore, Marin A Pilloud, Sean D Tallman, and Allysha P Winburn. 2022 "A Conversation on Redefining Ethical Considerations in Forensic Anthropology." American anthropologist 124(3):597-612.Blau, S., 2016. More than just bare bones: Ethical considerations for forensic anthropologists. In Blau, S., Ubelaker, D. (Eds.), Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Second edition. Routledge, New York, pp. 593-606.
Blau, Soren. 2016 "More Than Just Bare Bones: Ethical Considerations for Forensic Anthropologists." In Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Second Edition. S. Blau and D. Ubelaker, eds. Pp. 593-606. New York: Routledge.
Cordner, Stephen, and Fiona Leahy. 2013 "Ethics of Research on Bodies in the Jurisdiction of Coroners or Medical Examiners." Academic Forensic Pathology 3(3).
DeWitte, S.N., 2015. Bioarchaeology and the Ethics of Research Using Human Skeletal Remains. History Compass 13(1):10-19.
France, D.L., 2012. Ethics in Forensic Anthropology. In Dirkmaat, D. (Ed.), A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Malden, MA, pp. 666-682.
Holland, T.D., 2015. “Since I must please those below”: Human skeletal remains research and the law. American Journal of Law and Medicine 41(4):617-655.
Lambert, P.M., 2012. Ethics and issues in the use of human skeletal remains in paleopathology. In Grauer, A.L. (Ed.), A companion to paleopathology. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, pp. 17-33.
Lambert, P.M., 2018. Ethics in bioarchaeology and forensics. In Trevathan, W., Cartmill, M., Dufour, D.L., Larsen, C.S., O'Rourke, D.H., Rosenberg, K., et al. (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropologypp. 1-2.
Lambert, P.M., Walker, P.L., 2019. Bioarchaeological ethics: Perspectives on the use and value of human remains in scientific research. In Katzenberg, A., Grauer, A.L. (Eds.), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. Wiley Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 3-42.
Larsen, C.S., Walker, P.L., 2005. The ethics of bioarchaeology. In Turner, T.R. (Ed.), Biological Anthropology and Ethics: From Repatriation to Genetic Identity. State University of New York Press, Albany, pp. 111-119.
Passalacqua, N.V., Pilloud, M.A., Gruters, G.A., 2014. Letter to the Editor—Professionalism: Ethics and Scholarship in Forensic Science. Journal of Forensic Sciences 59(2):573-575.
Passalacqua, N.V., Pilloud, M., Belcher, W.R., 2019. Scientific integrity in the forensic sciences: Consumerism, conflicts of interest, and transparency. Science and Justice 59:573-579.
Passalacqua, N.V., Pilloud, M.A., 2018. Ethics and professionalism in forensic anthropology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Squires, K., Errickson, D., Marquez-Grant, N. (Eds.), 2020. Ethical approaches to human remains: A global challenge in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. Springer Nature, Switzerland.
Squires, K., C. A. Roberts, and N. Márquez-Grant. 2022 "Ethical Considerations and Publishing in Human Bioarcheology." American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177(4):615-619.
Stantis, Chris, Carlina de la Cova, Dorothy Lippert, and Sabrina B. Sholts. 2023 "Biological Anthropology Must Reassess Museum Collections for a More Ethical Future." Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Turner, T.R. (Ed.) 2005. Biological Anthropology and Ethics: From Repatriation to Genetic Identity. State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
Turner, B.L., Toebbe, D.S., Armelagos, G.J., 2006. To the science, to the living, to the dead: Ethics and bioarchaeology. The nature of difference: Science, society, and human biology. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 203-224.
Turner, T.R., Wagner, J.K., Cabana, G.S., 2018. Ethics in biological anthropology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(4):939-951.
Thompson, T., 2001. Legal and ethical considerations of forensic anthropological research. Science and Justice 41(4):261-270.
Upshaw Downs, J.C., Ranadive Swienton, A. (Eds.), 2012. Ethics in Forensic Science. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Walker, P.L., 2008. Bioarchaeological ethics: a historical perpective on the value of human remains. In Katzenberg, A., Saunders, S. (Eds.), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. Wily-Liss, Wilimington, pp. 3-39.
Walsh-Haney, H.A., Lieberman, L.S., 2005. Ethical concerns in forensic anthropology. In Turner, T. (Ed.), Biological Anthropology and Ethics: From Repatriation to Genetic Identity. State University of New York Press, Albany, Albany, New York, pp. 121-132.
Zuckerman, M.K., Kamnikar, K.R., Mathena, S.A., 2014. Recovering the 'Body Politic': A relational ethics of meaning for bioarchaeology. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 24:513-522.