{"id":16160,"date":"2023-04-20T21:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-for-you-to-discuss-the-following-issues-from-the-book-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by-rebecca-skloot\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T21:21:03","slug":"the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-for-you-to-discuss-the-following-issues-from-the-book-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by-rebecca-skloot","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-for-you-to-discuss-the-following-issues-from-the-book-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-by-rebecca-skloot\/","title":{"rendered":"The purpose of this assignment is for you to discuss the following issues from the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the ethical issues underlying this story?  How does the era in which this story took place influence how&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>we think about these ethical issues? &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>What part do race and gender play in how decisions about ethics were made in this case?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Should scientists\/physicians in the 1950s be held accountable to contemporary standards of practice? (Because many ethics regulations were not in place at that time) Why or why not? &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>We bring our own opinions and experiences to how we read and understand a story.  In this story, on which side do you find yourself most sympathetic?  Why?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The papers should be at least 700 words (approx. 3 pages double-spaced).  Please use Times New Roman font,&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>10-12 point.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Please include:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>A full reference citation for this book using American Sociological Association (ASA) Style)<\/div>\n<div>In text, citations should be in ASA Style<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the ethical issues underlying this story? How does the era in which this story took place influence how&nbsp; we think about these ethical issues? &nbsp;&nbsp; What part do race and gender play in how decisions about ethics were made in this case?&nbsp; Should scientists\/physicians in the 1950s be held accountable to contemporary standards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[681],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16160"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16160"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}