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Essay / Unveiling Henrietta Lacks: A Legacy of HeLa Cells - 1789
A patient has the right to say no if they need to have tissue removed from their body, but at present there is no law governing a person's right to how their body is removed. a tissue sample must be used in research after the tissue has been removed from the body. There are many cases in which patients have sued doctors for illegally using their tissues and patenting them, but all of them involved poor behavior on the part of the doctors, either the doctor failing to inform the patient about the tissue collection , or the doctor has not revealed his financial interest in this process. fabric. At the same time, if the patient has the right to decide in what type of study the tissues can be used, this will hinder scientific progress. Both sides seem to be right. But finding a happy medium can be very difficult. One solution could be that before removing tissues from the patient's body, any financial interest of the doctor or institutions is disclosed on the consent form and that patients are informed in what type of research their tissues will be used. If the patient does not agree, it is best not to remove the tissue. Because we must respect the patient's emotions and everything they believe. Another way is to give the patient an appropriate monetary benefit for their tissue donations, but then that patient should not have the right to say in what type of research their tissues can be used.