Do The Ends Ever Justify The Means? In her novel‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ author Rebecca Skloot addresses the many variations of ethics by telling the readers about the life of a poor African American Southern tobacco worker living in a time where racism was apparent. In 1951‚ Henrietta was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 30 and reseachers had taken her cells without her permission. The major concern that arises in the novel in my opinion is the lack of informed consent
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development‚ and experimentation. While Henrietta Lacks was checked into John Hopkins hospital‚ “one of the top hospitals in the country” (skloot 15)‚ she was diagnosed for cervical cancer. At this stage her cancer was not curable. At the time Gorge Gey was taking sample of cells from all patients‚ black or white‚ and using them to try to grow in a culture medium. Gey’s discoveries helped the scientific community grow and learn more. Henrietta lacks was one of the patients that had her cells used in
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she were white. Dr. Richard Telinde was one of the leading researchers of cervical cancer in 1950s and he had been working with Dr. George Gey to grow cancerous cervical tissues in a lab for quite a while. So when Henrietta went to the hospital for the treatment of her malignant tumor‚ the surgeon removed a healthy and cancerous cervical tissue sample for Dr. Gey before putting tubes of radium into her cervix (which makes her barren but completely neglected by Dr.Jones &TeLinde)“skloot” pg. 44-48
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because she didn’t know her cells were going to be given to someone else as well. Dr. Gey
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the Hospital for the Negro Insane. In January of 1951‚ Henrietta had a lump in her cervix that she had diagnosed at John Hopkins hospital‚ who offered free health care to blacks. Howard Jones‚ a physician‚ diagnosed her with cervical cancer. George Gey‚ a scientist took samples without
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Book Review The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary “In culture‚ cancer cells can go on dividing indefinitely‚ if they have a continual supply of nutrients‚ and thus are said to be “immortal.” A striking example is a cell line that has been reproducing in culture since 1951. (Cells of this line are called HeLa cells because their original source was a tumor removed from a woman named Henrietta Lacks” Rebecca Skloot‚ 2011‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks was a beautiful
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For many decades‚ HeLa cells have helped scientists develop many achievements in vaccination‚ mapping chromosomes‚ and even cloning. HeLa derived from the first two letters of the first and last name of Henrietta Lacks. These cells were taken from her in the 1950’s without her or her family’s knowledge. Only twenty years after her death did they discover its’ existence. Living as African American women of lower economic status during Henrietta’s time compared to life now are very different lifestyles
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inspection were taken without permission. My automatic reaction to Skloot’s writing was outrage but I was keen to find out conclusions. When I think of self-determination‚ the term authority comes to mind because I control my own belongings. When Dr. Gey took those cancer cells‚ Mrs. Lacks was not informed about this procedure and did not have any chance of control. As Zakariyya
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[with] deeply pigmented skin over the lower abdomen such as seen after x-ray treatment." Her cranial cavity and neck organs were not examined because permission was not granted. Also‚The cells from Henrietta’s tumor were given to researcher George Gey‚ who "discovered that [Henrietta’s] cells did something they’d never seen before: They could be kept alive and grow."(15) unlike the other cells that dies hours or days later. The
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¬¬Sam Irwin Doctor Linda Pipe-Price English 1302 8 October 2014 HeLa: A Necessary Discovery In 1951 Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Upon starting treatment for her condition a small sample of the tumor that grew inside her was t¬¬aken without her knowledge and against her will. When doctors asked Henrietta’s husband if they could use the sample he declined the offer. Despite his refusal‚ the sample was used anyways. As testing began‚ it was found that these cells were different
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