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minus-squareMelpomene@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前Arguably, the only reason they bother to ask is the negative attention the medical field got from Henrietta Lacks. And they’re still not great at it.
minus-squareStaccato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 个月前Informed consent laws were around well before The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks came out. I think there were earlier publicized examples of subject mistreatment (like Tuskegee) that already pushed the field to be better.
Arguably, the only reason they bother to ask is the negative attention the medical field got from Henrietta Lacks. And they’re still not great at it.
Informed consent laws were around well before The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks came out. I think there were earlier publicized examples of subject mistreatment (like Tuskegee) that already pushed the field to be better.