Twenty-seven years after Henrietta’s death The Belmont Report was published. This document laid out the ground rules for the ethical research in the U.S. In order to do the same research as the HeLa research, scientists and doctors must go through 3 primary steps. According to the Belmont Report, “Respect for persons requires that subjects, to the degree that they are capable, be given the opportunity to choose what shall or shall not happen to them” (The Belmont Report). First, they must acquire Informed Consent, meaning an individual must be given all the information relating to the medical proceedings in a comprehensible manner. In addition, the individual must agree to participate in the research voluntarily. Secondly, there must be an assessment of risks and benefits. This is basically stating that the research may not be conducted if the risks outweigh the benefits. Lastly, there must be an ethical selection of subjects. The Belmont Report states, “they should not offer potentially beneficial research only to some patients who are in their favor or select only "undesirable" persons for risky research” (The Belmont Report). Researchers must be far when selection their research
Twenty-seven years after Henrietta’s death The Belmont Report was published. This document laid out the ground rules for the ethical research in the U.S. In order to do the same research as the HeLa research, scientists and doctors must go through 3 primary steps. According to the Belmont Report, “Respect for persons requires that subjects, to the degree that they are capable, be given the opportunity to choose what shall or shall not happen to them” (The Belmont Report). First, they must acquire Informed Consent, meaning an individual must be given all the information relating to the medical proceedings in a comprehensible manner. In addition, the individual must agree to participate in the research voluntarily. Secondly, there must be an assessment of risks and benefits. This is basically stating that the research may not be conducted if the risks outweigh the benefits. Lastly, there must be an ethical selection of subjects. The Belmont Report states, “they should not offer potentially beneficial research only to some patients who are in their favor or select only "undesirable" persons for risky research” (The Belmont Report). Researchers must be far when selection their research