In the famous case of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman’s cancer cells were removed from her cervix without her knowledge by a surgeon right before her death in 1951. Researchers wanted to study these HeLa cells to learn about the genes that cause cancer and those that suppress it. The ethical requirement of ________ would protect against this happening today.
A. informed consent
B. deception
C. confidentiality
D. generalizability of the findings
Answer:A
In the famous case of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman’s cancer cells were removed from her cervix without her knowledge by a surgeon right before her death in 1951. Researchers wanted to study these HeLa cells to learn about the genes that cause cancer and those that suppress it. The ethical requirement of ________ would protect against this happening today.
A. informed consent B. deception C. confidentiality D. generalizability of the findings