Publikationen zur Ethik in der Anatomie

• The legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe - 2nd update on current practice (Brenner et al.)
• The Anatomical Record: 2022; Volume 305, Issue 4 Special Issue: Evolution of a Discipline – The Changing Face of Anatomy https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494/2022/305/4
• Lötzsch U, Redies C. The Anatomical Collection at the University of Jena: Reinventing an exhibition of human remains based on ethical considerations. Ann Anat. 2023 Oct;250:152139. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152139. Epub 2023 Jul 26. PMID: 37506774.
• Lenzen-Schulte M. 2024. Leichen in anatomischer und chirurgischer Ausbildung: Den Respekt vor der Körperspende gilt es zu wahren. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 22 URL: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/leichen-in-anatomischer-und-chirurgischer-ausbildung-den-respekt-vor-der-koerperspende-gilt-es-zu-wahren-ccdc1a52-c026-4318-89f3-2c59af183db3 [accessed 6-3-25]
• Cornwall J, Champney TH, de la Cova C, Hall D, Hildebrandt S, Mussell JC, Winkelmann A, DeLeon VB. American Association for Anatomy recommendations for the management of legacy anatomical collections. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Aug;307(8):2787-2815. doi: 10.1002/ar.25410. Epub 2024 Mar 18. PMID: 38497461.
• Cornwall J, Hildebrandt S, Billings B, Kramer B. Contemporary ethical standards and the presence of exhibitors at anatomy conferences. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Oct;17(7):1513-1515. doi: 10.1002/ase.2517. Epub 2024 Sep 3. PMID: 39228056.
• Cornwall J, Champney TH, Hildebrandt S, Schmitt B, Wainman B, Winkelmann A. Ethical considerations on the international transfer of donated bodies and body parts. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;17(4):909-911. doi: 10.1002/ase.2418. Epub 2024 May 5. PMID: 38706180.
• Champney TH, Hildebrandt S, Gareth Jones D, Winkelmann A. BODIES R US: Ethical Views on the Commercialization of the Dead in Medical Education and Research. Anat Sci Educ. 2019 May;12(3):317-325. doi: 10.1002/ase.1809. Epub 2018 Sep 21. PMID: 30240149.
• Bhattacharjee S, Ghosh SK. The Sun Also Rises: Tracing the evolution of humanistic values in anatomy pedagogy and research, including cadaveric acquisition practices. J Anat. 2023 Dec;243(6):1031-1051. doi: 10.1111/joa.13938. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PMID: 37525506; PMCID: PMC10641044.
• IFAA-FICEM: Ethical considerations and advisory regarding 3D-printed reproductions of human tissues 2026. https://ifaa.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FICEM-Ethical-considerations-regarding-3D-printed-reproductions-of-human-tissues-FINAL.pdf

Anatomical Collections

• Lötzsch U, Redies C. The Anatomical Collection at the University of Jena: Reinventing an exhibition of human remains based on ethical considerations. Ann Anat. 2023 Oct;250:152139. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152139. Epub 2023 Jul 26. PMID: 37506774.
• Cornwall J, Champney TH, de la Cova C, Hall D, Hildebrandt S, Mussell JC, Winkelmann A, DeLeon VB. American Association for Anatomy recommendations for the management of legacy anatomical collections. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Aug;307(8):2787-2815. doi: 10.1002/ar.25410. Epub 2024 Mar 18. PMID: 38497461.

Body Donation

• Jones DG, Champney TH, Hildebrandt S, Winkelmann A, Billings B, Ghosh SK, Gürses İA, Pais D, Schmitt B, Cornwall J. IFAA Recommendations for good practice for the donation and anatomical study of human remains (revised 2026). Anat Sci Educ. 2026 Jul 1. doi: 10.1002/ase.70289. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42387808. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ase.70289
  Lenzen-Schulte M. 2024. Leichen in anatomischer und chirurgischer Ausbildung: Den Respekt vor der Körperspende gilt es zu wahren. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 22 URL: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/leichen-in-anatomischer-und-chirurgischer-ausbildung-den-respekt-vor-der-koerperspende-gilt-es-zu-wahren-ccdc1a52-c026-4318-89f3-2c59af183db3

Body Donation and Suicide

• Flanagan TA, Murphy GE: Body Donation and Suicide. Is there a Relationship? Archives of General Psychiatry 1973; 28(5):732-734
• Jones DG. Ethical Perspectives on Body Donation Following Physician-Assisted Death. Anat Sci Educ 2020; 13(4):504-511. DOI: 10.1002/ase.1930. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31696652
• Wainman BC, Cornwall: Body Donation after Medically Assisted Death: An Emerging Consideration for Donor Programs. Anat Sci Educ 2019; 12(4): 417-424. DOI: 10.1002/ase.1874. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ase.1874

Ethics in Anatomy Education

• Korf HW, Wicht H, Snipes RL, Timmermans JP, Paulsen F, Rune G, Baumgart-Vogt E. 2008. The dissection course—Necessary and indispensable for teaching anatomy to medical students. Ann Anat 190:16–22.
• Hildebrandt S, Cornwall J, Champney TH. More Than Body Parts: A New Ethos of Anatomy Education. Acad Med. 2025 Mar 1;100(3):273-280. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005901. Epub 2024 Oct 11. PMID: 39729554.

Ethics of Anatomical Images

• Cornwall J, Hildebrandt S, Champney TH, Billings B, Schmitt B, Winkelmann A. IFAA recommendations for the ethical use of anatomical images. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Jan-Feb;17(1):7-10. doi: 10.1002/ase.2349. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37919841.
• Cornwall J, White R, Pennefather P, Hildebrandt S, Gregory J, Smith HF, Organ J, Krebs C. Legal and ethical considerations around the use of existing illustrations to generate new illustrations in the anatomical sciences. Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Mar;18(3):289-300. doi: 10.1002/ase.70002. Epub 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39925144; PMCID: PMC11908999.
• Cornwall J, Krebs C, Hildebrandt S, Gregory J, Pennefather P. Considerations on the use of artificial intelligence in generating anatomical images: Comment on "Evaluating AI-powered text-to-image generators for anatomical illustration: A comparative study". Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Jul-Aug;17(5):1097-1099. doi: 10.1002/ase.2347. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37919840.

Plastination

• Barilan YM. 2006. Bodyworlds and the ethics of using human remains: a preliminary discussion. Bioethics. 2006 Sep;20(5):233-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00500.x. PMID: 17100007.
• IFAA-FICEM. Ethical and Medical Humanities Perspectives on the Public Display of Plastinated Human Bodies. URL:  https://ifaa.net/committees/ethics-and-medical-humanities-ficem/ethical-and-medical-humanities-perspectives-on-the-public-display-of-plastinated-human-bodies/ [accessed 1-14-2025]. 2018.
• Jones DG. Re-inventing anatomy: the impact of plastination on how we see the human body. Clin Anat. 2002 Nov;15(6):436-40. doi: 10.1002/ca.10040. PMID: 12373732.
• Jones DG. Engaging with plastination and the body worlds phenomenon: a cultural and intellectual challenge for anatomists. Clinical Anatomy 2009.22:770-776.
• Jones DG. The public display of plastinates as a challenge to the integrity of anatomy. Clin Anat. 2016 Jan;29(1):46-54. doi: 10.1002/ca.22647. Epub 2015 Nov 18. PMID: 26475081.
• Korf HW, Wicht H. The public cadaver. Nature. 2004 Apr 22;428(6985):805. doi: 10.1038/428805a. PMID: 15103356.
• Winkelmann A. 2003. Der endgültige Abschied vom Leib? - Mit ihrer "Faszination des Echten" definiert die Ausstellung 'Körperwelten’ auch, was echt ist und was nicht. In: Bogusch G, Graf R, Schnalke T, editors. Auf Leben und Tod - Zur Diskussion um die Ausstellung 'Körperwelten'. Darmstadt: Steinkopff p43-53.
• IFAA-FICEM: Ethical considerations and advisory regarding plastination of human tissues, 2026. https://ifaa.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FICEM-Ethical-considerations-regarding-plastination-of-human-tissues-FINAL.pdf
• IFAA-FICEM: Statement on the Presence of Plastination Vendors at Conferences, 2026. https://ifaa.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FICEM_Guidance_Plastination_Conferences_FINAL.pdf