Problem
Consider one of the the following points in constructing the central theme of your essay response:
• How do issues of race, gender, religion, and socioeconomic status inform our understanding of inequities within the healthcare system? Are we, as a society addressing health care inequities?
• Henrietta Lacks died in 1951, but her cancer cells are still alive today. What changes have occurred that regulate human medical research studies, and do those changes go far enough in preventing the kind of injustice that Henrietta Lacks and her family suffered from?
Construct a 200 word essay that includes you addressing questions based on the readings provided and your own outside research (cite sources):
• How did these readings challenge your assumptions, understanding, or knowledge of inequalities in medical research?
• How does knowing this information influence your trust in the equitability of medical research?
• What changes have occurred that resulted in improved review and oversight in human research studies? Do those changes go far enough in preventing the kind of injustice that Henrietta Lacks and her family suffered from?