How would you feel if you discovered that investigators had taken cells or tissues from some member of your family without consent?
When i think of somebody taking somthing i think of how were taught when were kids to ask before we take, or that everything has a price before it's yours. So if someone willingly took cells or tissues from a member of my family without the proper consent of me, my family, or the relative the cells/tissue was being taken from i would be really upset. If your going to take somthing and use it for research you should ask the person first because its their body and if they say no it means no, if they say yes and you promise them somthing like money or whatever it may be you should stand true to that because they are allowing you to use part of their body for research. As a person you should feel wrong about taking somthing with out asking espesially if you later discover somthing groudbreaking and make money off of the person you took the cell/tissues from.
I would be extremely upset as well. If my family members were robbed of something that was theirs, I would feel like something was taken from me as well. I like how you brought up the issue involving money, and how the scientist were only in it for themselves because money talks.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, You're right!... granted I don't know if i would want monetary gain or anything. But if your going to take something that belongs to someone else, you need to get consent. Very well said!!
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