The stories of people used as research subjects, something without their knowledge, sometimes with ill-informed consent, sometimes because of their inability to understand or resist. That is amazing for me. I am never aware of this history before reading the book. As all know, people have right to know what happen with themselves.
As I know, in my home country the informed consent and research practice that is different from these stories. Doing whatever things on people, it needs to get agreement of people or people’s guardian. For example, patients sick, the doctors have to explain details what about their sick. Then the doctors make a cure plan go by them. If the doctors of my home country do any things on people without their knowledge, the doctors will be illegal. In addition, the doctors will be deposition from hospital, and risk to be measured out harsh justice.
As time passes by, the law on informed consent is constantly improvements. Today doctors and researchers are more professional than they do before. They do things that need to be based on laws, their basic view of people is improved that they care patients sick more carefully than before. Between doctors and patients are establishing good trust now.
Since you say it is amazing for you to realize that doctors did research on people without their consent, I think you are a naïve girl. I always believe that people have to pay something back after they got something for free. Such as the story of the book we read, I think it is fair. Do you think researchers have to get permissions from patients before they do research on them is stopping the medical industry to improve?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that people have the right to what will happen in their lives；although there is not free lunch for people. Besides, the trust builds people's lives more tunrful.
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