Henrietta Lacks
As human beings, each person is born with certain inalienable rights. This is the basis for the American constitution and should include rights to the body as well as the spirit. The case of Henrietta Lacks was a milestone for medical research and has potentially led to curatives for many illnesses. However, the woman behind this research was never aware of her remarkable body. Henrietta Lacks was a cancer patient who died from her illness. Cells from her body were taken after they were found to be mutagenic. The woman herself was never made aware that her cells had been collected and her next of kin was not made aware of the fact until decades after her passing (Landecker 2000,-page 55). The story of Henrietta Lacks is one where human beings have to question where the line draws on their rights. In this case, researchers did not have consent to take her cells nor did they protect her dignity by providing her with doctor-patient confidentiality. In Rebecca Skloot's non-fiction book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the author writes about the woman of the title whose cells were taken and used in experimentation and research after her death. Reading the book, one has to ask if Lacks was given the right to informed patient consent or confidentiality.
In the 1950s, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer. During the course of her illness, doctors and other medical professionals took samples of cells from Lacks' body. In those cells the researchers at the hospital found something quite unexpected and unique. Lacks was one of an extremely rare type of person who produced what scientists came to refer to as "immortal cells" (Zielinski 2010,-page 1). Most human cells are able to divide only a certain number of times before they die and thus the cells have to be replaced by the growth of new cells within the body. Lacks' cells were what have now become...
In other words, Lacks's cellular content was taken without her consent, but this would have been the case for a wealthy white woman in the North. This does not make what happened to her morally right, of course, but it is important to remember that what happened to her was not simply because she was poor, female, black, and Southern. The fact that she died from her disease may have
Belmont Report to the case of Henrietta Lacks and how they were violated The three principle keys in the Belmont Report (1974) involving Henrietta's case were the respect for people, beneficence, and also justice. In respect of the people, two important elements are involved which include all people being treated as autonomous while the other persons with lesser independent autonomy be protected. With beneficence, the researchers should minimize profits while
Africans had poor health care in the 1950s There is much that still remains swept under the proverbial carpet about America's treatment to its African immigrants. One of the chapters, little known and often left untold has only recently started to emerge and concerns American health care system and its using Blacks as guinea pigs. Attorney and author Vernellia R. Tandall tells the story in her book 'Dying While Black' showing
Schwartz (2006), many arguments are presented, most of which generally criticize the Western treatment of First Nations people or address women's rights issues. As an example, "Aboriginal Australia: Current Criminological Themes" by Rick Sarre (2006) focuses on the affect of British colonialism in Australia on the Aborigines, connecting it to a vast overrepresentation of Aborigines in the Australian penal system. "The Left Realist Perspective on Race, Class, and Gender"
J.W (1996) Reported that the Roman Catholics and Orthodox, continued to ban priestesses as they have for almost 2,000 years, the fate of many evangelical congregations continue to shift back and forth. "Scripture does not support the ordination of women, God created men and women [morally] equal but with different roles" (W, 1996). The practical argument for opening the priesthood to women and to married men is that there are not
CRISIS LEADERSHIP REPORTCrisis Leadership ReportI. Identify and discuss the primary leadership style of Michael Brown in his handling of this crisis.The primary leadership style that Michael Brown demonstrated in this particular crisis was autocratic leadership. This is more so the case given that Michael Brown largely exercised individual control over key decisions following the crisis. Although he makes an observation to the effect that he reached out to his managers,
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now