Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Ethical Principles
Belmont Report
Protecting Subjects at NKCH
100
The "nickname" given to the cells from Henrietta Lacks
What is HeLa?
100
Maintaining privacy of information.
What is Confidentiality?
100
This Belmont Report concept involves the use of an informed consent process and protects vulnerable populations.
What is Respect for Persons?
100
The Shared Governance Council at NKCH that provides the "first-line" review of research studies (with the exception of physician-driven studies).
What is Research Council?
200
The type of disease Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with.
What is cervical cancer?
200
The ethical principle that focuses on truthfulness
What is Veracity?
200
This Belmont Report concept focuses on fairness in distribution and selection of subjects when doing research.
What is Justice?
200
The multi-disciplinary group that blocks or permits research studies at NKCH that involve human subjects.
What is the Institutional Review Committee (IRC).
300
The physician who successfully grew HeLa cells.
Who is Dr. George Gey?
300
The ethical principle that focuses on a person's self right to choose
What is autonomy?
300
This Belmont Report concept focuses on respecting individual decision, protecting subjects from harm, and risk benefit assessment when doing research.
What is Beneficence?
300
This module is required by individuals intending to do research studies at NKCH.
What is the NIH Protecting Human Subjects module?
400
The crucial step in protecting human subjects that was minimally done in Henrietta Lacks' case.
What is the Informed Consent Process?
400
The ethical principle that focuses on fair treatment
What is justice?
400
Problems from this study prompted the creation of the Belmont Report.
What is the Tuskegee Project?
400
This valuable member of the hospital staff provides consultations to those interested in doing research at NKCH.
What is the Clinical Nurse Researcher?
500
The organization founded by Rebecca Skloot to assist the family of Henrietta Lacks with health and education funds.
What is the "Henrietta Lacks Foundation"?
500
The ethical principle that covers "do no harm"
What is non-maleficence?
500
The commission that authored the Belmont Report.
What is the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
500
The local group that provides ethical consultations for research studies and has international recognition.
What is the Center for Practical Bioethics?