The Ethics of Humans and Medical Research

Jul 25, 2010 17:51

A few months ago, I wrapped up reading one of the best non-fiction works I have read in a long time. The book was called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. It is an amazingly honest account of the life of Henrietta, a poor black woman that contracted an extremely virulent form of cancer and how the medical field “exploited” her ( Read more... )

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wyrmis July 27 2010, 21:06:46 UTC
As a note, wanted to point out that you might include a little more background about what she actually did for science. Set it up in the initial paragraph, and then develop the second half of the first paragraph into a second. Possibly split the bottom paragraph into two pieces for readability.

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