Academic Journal
The Missing, the Unidentified, and Representational Obligations to the Dead in the United States of America.
| Τίτλος: | The Missing, the Unidentified, and Representational Obligations to the Dead in the United States of America. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Jackson NR; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA., Tafe LJ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. |
| Πηγή: | APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica [APMIS] 2026 Sep; Vol. 134 (9), pp. e70267. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Review |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Munksgaard Country of Publication: Denmark NLM ID: 8803400 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1600-0463 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09034641 NLM ISO Abbreviation: APMIS Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Copenhagen : Munksgaard Original Publication: Copenhagen : Munksgaard, c1988- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Body Remains* , Forensic Sciences*, Humans ; United States |
| Περίληψη: | Thousands of human remains lie unidentified in Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Offices across the United States of America. Determining identity is the first step in bringing closure to grieving families and communities and, in certain cases, moving towards justice. While many distance themselves from death, forensic specialists, including forensic photographers and artists, dive in, focusing intently on every detail to recapitulate the deceased's story. Forensic sketches serve a dual purpose-identification and remembrance. They have been used for over a century to help identify deceased bodies and connect them to their remaining loved ones. Common external characteristics are combined with accentuated distinguishing features to bring the body back to life in a recognizable form. Preserving human dignity, acting with respect and non-maleficence, and contributing to justice are central in these postmortem proceedings. This comprehensive review explores the gravity of the silent mass disaster of unidentified human remains in the United States of America, the disparities that exist between the missing and the recovered and identified, and sheds light on the early introduction of artificial intelligence into the field of forensic identification. (© 2026 The Author(s). APMIS published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of APMIS ‐ Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: artificial intelligence ethics; forensic science; missing persons; unidentified human remains |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260922 Date Completed: 20260922 Latest Revision: 20260925 |
| Update Code: | 20260925 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13597173 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/apm.70267 |
| PMID: | 42772904 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1600-0463 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/apm.70267 |