Essay Assignment:

Construct a 500-word-minimum essay in which you address the following questions based on the readings provided, and at least one authoritative outside source (other than the articles I’ve given you), properly cited

1. How did these readings challenge your assumptions, understanding, or knowledge of medical research?
2. How does knowing this information influence your trust in medical research?
3. What changes have occurred that regulate human research studies, and do those changes go far enough in preventing the kind of racial injustice that Henrietta Lacks and her family suffered from?

NOTE: Direct quotations are not allowed for this assignment. You must summarize your understanding of your research. Plagiarism search engines will be turned on for this assignment, so it’s important that you paraphrase well.

PROVIDED READINGS
The Henrietta Lacks story became well-known after the exhaustively-researched science biography “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” was published in 2010 by Rebecca Skloot. A major motion picture based on the book was released in 2017, bringing questions of bioethics in medicine to a more mainstream audience.

The book can be found here – please begin by reading the synopsis (you don’t need to read the whole book for this assignment):

Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Crown Publishers. https://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Life-Henrietta-Lacks/dp/1400052181/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9NC52G0FMWJ2&dchild=1&keywords=the+immortal+life+of+henrietta+lacks&qid=1608604839&sprefix=the+imm%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1