Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Biopsy

I don't think that you should have to re-consent for what their tissue is used for after all they could probably care less about what anybody tests on it, however the patient should receive some funds for their minor contribution in science. This could lead to problems because others who donated, but whose cells died off in the study, would want some kind of compensation for their cells too. If a donor would be contacted we have things like phones and email so it wouldn't be too hard to find them. When applied to Henrietta's time she wouldn't have been contacted for what her cells have done and would never have been paid for the use of her cells because of white privilege back then. Things like segregation, jim crow laws and ignorance would have kept all of the things above from happening.

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