Bin Paola, Conti Adelaide, Buccelli Claudio, Addeo Giuseppe, Capasso Emanuele, Piras Mauro
Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia Italy - Forensic Medicine Institute - P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia - Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS "S.Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli"), Italy.
Open Med (Wars). 2016 Dec 16;11(1):584-586. doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0095. eCollection 2016.
The international plastination phenomenon has proved to be immensely popular with audiences world-wide. Never before has the human body been exposed to public gaze in such an accessible manner. The exhibitions have perplexed many, included anatomists, some of whom find the display of human bodies unethical. The objective of this study is to review the attention on the use of plastination and exhibition of entire human bodies for non-educational or commercial purposes. The nature of these exhibitions and the uneasy balance between entertainment and education has caused heated debate. The possible legitimacy of the expression of one's will as far as exhibition purposes isn't considered sufficient for the indiscriminate use of a corpse despite the ethical necessity of respecting the wishes of individuals based on respect for the deceased. The informed consent of an individual represents only the most basic and minimal prerequisite for the use of the deceased's body for exhibition purposes, and is absolutely not enough on its own to justify its use in entertainment exhibitions or for the commercialization of the death.
塑化技术在国际上已被证明在全球范围内极受观众欢迎。人体从未以如此便捷的方式暴露在公众视野中。这些展览让许多人感到困惑，其中包括解剖学家，他们中的一些人认为展示人体是不道德的。本研究的目的是审视对于将塑化技术用于非教育或商业目的的整个人体展览的关注。这些展览的性质以及娱乐与教育之间难以把握的平衡引发了激烈的争论。尽管基于对逝者的尊重，尊重个人意愿在伦理上是必要的，但就展览目的而言，仅以表达个人意愿为由并不足以随意使用尸体。个人的知情同意只是将逝者遗体用于展览目的最基本、最低限度的前提条件，仅凭这一点绝对不足以证明其可用于娱乐展览或死亡商业化。
