Analysis Of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Informed Consent In the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” it starts off with the story of a women name Henrietta Lacks, she was an African American that was born in Roanoke, Virginia on August 1, 1920. She grew up in a time of segregation where laws were enforced to keep blacks and whites segregated in certain places, for example, seating areas, colleges, and hospitals. African Americans were treated below all races due to their skin color. At the age of thirty, Mrs. Lacks had developed cervix cancer and went to Johns Hopkins Hospital that was originally a hospital that treated only blacks at the time. Mrs. Lacks would repeatedly go to the hospital for medical
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What they often forget is when addressing their patients that do not have the same literacy level as them, misinformation gets lost as well with confusion. Low health literacy can hinder the patient's decision making when it comes to recognizes the risk of their health. The most medical facility expects patients to understand the risks and benefits that happen to their health when they want treatments/experiments to be performed on them. Before, they receive treatments from doctors the patient is first given an informed consent. Its standard procedure for the patient to sign an informed consent while it’s docile from a medical employee also all the information on the document must be explained thoroughly at the patient’s discretion. If the patient does not fully understand the information provided with the risks and benefits they will not receive proper treatment and health …show more content…
Ronald B. “Nonconsensual Medical Experiments on Human Beings.”Nonconsensual Medical Experiments on Human Beings, 8 May 1999, www.rbs2.com/humres.htm.
Hostetter, Martha, and Sarah Klein. “Helping Patients Make Better Treatment Choices with Decision Aids.” Helping Patients Make Better Treatment Choices with Decision Aids - The Commonwealth Fund, 2012, www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletters/quality-matters/2012/october-november/in-focus.
Graham, Suzanne, and John Brookey. “Do Patients Understand?” The Permanente Journal, The Permanente Journal, 12 June 2008, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037129/.
Levine, Stephen B, and Susan J Stagno. “Informed Consent for Case Reports.” PMC US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Search Database, 3 June 2001, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330645/.
“Illegal, Immoral, and Deplorable.” IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by REBECCA SKLOOT, PICADOR, 2018, pp. 127–136.
“Diagnosis and Treatment.” IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by REBECCA SKLOOT, PICADOR, 2018, pp. 27–34
SKLOOT, REBECCA. IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS. S.l.: PICADOR, 2018.
What they often forget is when addressing their patients that do not have the same literacy level as them, misinformation gets lost as well with confusion. Low health literacy can hinder the patient's decision making when it comes to recognizes the risk of their health. The most medical facility expects patients to understand the risks and benefits that happen to their health when they want treatments/experiments to be performed on them. Before, they receive treatments from doctors the patient is first given an informed consent. Its standard procedure for the patient to sign an informed consent while it’s docile from a medical employee also all the information on the document must be explained thoroughly at the patient’s discretion. If the patient does not fully understand the information provided with the risks and benefits they will not receive proper treatment and health …show more content…
Ronald B. “Nonconsensual Medical Experiments on Human Beings.”Nonconsensual Medical Experiments on Human Beings, 8 May 1999, www.rbs2.com/humres.htm.
Hostetter, Martha, and Sarah Klein. “Helping Patients Make Better Treatment Choices with Decision Aids.” Helping Patients Make Better Treatment Choices with Decision Aids - The Commonwealth Fund, 2012, www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletters/quality-matters/2012/october-november/in-focus.
Graham, Suzanne, and John Brookey. “Do Patients Understand?” The Permanente Journal, The Permanente Journal, 12 June 2008, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037129/.
Levine, Stephen B, and Susan J Stagno. “Informed Consent for Case Reports.” PMC US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Search Database, 3 June 2001, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330645/.
“Illegal, Immoral, and Deplorable.” IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by REBECCA SKLOOT, PICADOR, 2018, pp. 127–136.
“Diagnosis and Treatment.” IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by REBECCA SKLOOT, PICADOR, 2018, pp. 27–34
SKLOOT, REBECCA. IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS. S.l.: PICADOR, 2018.