Problem
Follow the link to a New York Times article titled A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later. Once you've read the article, please answer the following question in essay form. Use the guiding questions below to develop your response. You should include research from at least two scholarly resources to support your ideas. Be sure to provide in-text citations and a References page.
Did the doctors violate Henrietta Lacks's rights in the case presented in the article?
I. Briefly identify and describe the philosophical approaches one can use to assist in the decision-making processes related to typical healthcare scenarios. Identify the approach you would like to use in reviewing this case.
II. Based on your choice of philosophical approach, identify the underlying ethical situations presented by the case and explain how your chosen approach applies to the situation.
III. How would you resolve the ethical dilemmas presented in this case, based on your philosophical approach?
IV. If you were in the same situation as the doctors involved is Ms. Lacks's treatment, would you have made the same choices? Evaluate their choices from a moral standpoint, along with how you think you would have acted under the same circumstances, and explain your reasoning.