Henrietta's Ethical Dilemma

Should patient consent be required to store and distribute their tissue for research? Should doctors disclose their financial interests? Would this make any difference in achieving fairness? Or is this not a matter of fairness or an ethical issue to begin with? I do think that patients consent should be required, because I think everyone have the right to decide whether or not they want a part of their body used for research.

In the movie you could fix all the mistakes in your future children with genetic selection, so why screen your potential partner? Before you even go on a first date you could make assumptions and would not get to fall in love with the person they actually are. Gattaca, in my opinion endorses and goes against society's will to use genetic analysis. To elaborate further, as stated in the previous paragraphs Gattaca seems to show genetic analysis as a way to make decisions about certain people's life choices. But it also shows how people can struggle in contradictory events involving genetic testing, as put into examples in the previous statements.

And remember.” (100) The tattoo artist tells Chaya this to let her know that she needs to live but also so she can remember everything. If we never reflected, everything would repeat itself but, if we teach people about the past and how it impacts lives, we can avoid tragedies. The past is scattered with mistakes but we can use our voice and speak up to stop anything bad happening. Everyday we have the opportunity to move on and become better people and a better world, and reflecting on the past allows us to decrease the amount of

For instance, in a Washington Post news article published in 2014, Abby Phillip reports that a researcher, Dong Pyou Han, manipulated data regarding an HIV vaccine that supposedly worked on rabbits for personal fame. Phillip reported, "the rabbit blood became contaminated with human antibodies ... Instead of admitting them, [Han] continued to spike future samples... results that were considered to be a breakthrough" (Phillip). Humans are often willing to defy their own values and morals to achieve personal fame. Because recognition and prestige are such emotional luxuries, many people will ignore the consequences of their actions.

Electronic health information systems also need to securely manage patient data to avoid breaches of privacy and security along with storing and transmitting this information across multiple systems. Insurance companies will still be restricted to some information of the

One of the tools that technology has produced and which is used to treat cancer is the feedback system control which is a drug that can help the doctor to analyze the physical trait of the cell that would create a mapping effects on the conditions of the drug in the body system of the patient. Currently, the doctors have used technology to do genetic profiling of the patients. This enables the patient to receive a combination of therapies which makes it difficult to treat and prevent gene mutation in the cell. This new technology does not depend on the genetic information because once the profiling has been done, then it becomes easy for treatment to be carried out. The use of drug escalation has been used by doctors to monitor the treatment of cancer.

If the doctor would have ask for permission than this would be consider morally correct because nothing would have been violated. If the doctor would of obtain the inform consent of Henrietta and explain to her that her cells could help the researchers with their research for certain diseases, I don’t think that Henrietta would of oppose. Notifying her about the use of her cells would be important because according to our text book, “ the main focus is largely on the privacy of genetic data on the safely of human subject research.” Since they would be using her cells for many different studies by having her consent not only would they have respected her moral values, but also they would of kept her privacy. If everything would have been done the correctly since the beginning, I believe that the government should have the right to regulate the commercial use of such genetic material and information. Mainly because of the risk of her cells being use for the wrong ethical reason, If the government has control over what the cells are bring used for then this will protect the cells from being use for the wrong

One side believes that they should know their biological parents because it will sustain a healthy mindset for the child and they should be able to know their medical records. Another side believes that they should not know their biological parents because it can cause confusion for the child and the child can want revenge if they were put up for adoption for a bad reason. An adopted child has every right to know where they came from. They have the right to know who their birth parents are and their medical records. As soon as a child reaches the age of being an adult they have every right to begin the search of their birth parents and nobody can stop them.

In terms of paper records they should be filed and stored in a lockable cabinet ( Health & Care Professions Council, 2017). However, an increasing amount of patient records are being held on electronic based systems and patient information is more accessible than ever. A physiotherapist should follow their employer’s policies for keeping electronic records safe. For example, making sure to log out of the system after use as somebody else could use their account to access confidential data. Even though it wasn’t the physiotherapist who accessed the data they can still be liable for disciplinary action (potentially losing their job) as they left confidential information unsecure (Cole,

State the major ethical and policy issues in medical genetics. There are many problems associated with medical genetics. Ethical problems associated with genetic testing include prenatal genetic test. This is when couples are tested to help avoid having a serious hereditary disorder in their offspring. This is an ethical problem due to the decision that may result in having to terminate the pregnancy.

“‘Scientists don’t like to think of HeLa cells as being little bits of Henrietta because it’s much easier to do science when you dissociate your materials from the people they come from,”’ (Skloot). The scientists dissociate the materials from the family not only so that they do not have to give money to the family of the donor, but also because the fact that amazing medical discoveries would have never been discovered if not for an African American woman’s cells, Henrietta Lacks. The only time when white people call the Lacks house is when they want something to do with the HeLa cells (Skloot). These facts are proof that the Lacks family weren’t paid for the use Henrietta’s cells because of their

We have talked this semester about informed consent and how important it is that our patients understand the meaning of what they are having done. We need to be able to understand what the nature of the procedure is and what it details. It’s also good to discuss other types of alternatives. Informed consents can also bring up certain topics about the risk that can be involved with the procedure. As healthcare professionals it is part of our job to help look after the patient and make sure that all legal documents are in order.