Preliminary List of Sources

            This article shares information about experiments done in the past which I could use to show how they have evolved throughout the years.

“A Brief History of Human Experiments.” A Brief History of Human Experiments.

     N.p., 2004. Web. 7 Nov. 2012. <http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/history/experiments.htm>.

           

This article refers to past experiments, such as Tuskegee, and it looks to the future. It also has a section about ethics which I could include in my paper and say how these human experimentations are unethical.

Gorski, David. “Science-Based Medicine.” » Ethics in Human Experimentation in Science-based Medicine.

     N.p., 7 March. 2011. Web. 7 Nov. 2012. <http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/

     ethics-in-human-experimentation-in-science-based-medicine/>.

This article is all about experiments done in the United States. I could use it to compare the human experiments done in the United States to other countries.

“The Shocking History of Human Experimentation in the United States.” Mercola.com

     N.p., 20 Dec. 2008. Web. 8 Nov. 2012. <http://www.articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/

     archive/2008/12/20/the-shocking-history-of-human-experimentation-in-the-united- 

     states.aspx>.

This article is all about the Nuremberg Trials which is a famous case relating to human experimenting and it will provide a lot of information for people not familiar about it.

Linder, Doug. “NurembergACCOUNT.” NurembergACCOUNT. N.p., 2000. Web. 11 Nov.

     2012. <http://law2.emkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nurembergACCOUNT.html>.

This article is mainly about the issue of informed consent in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks which connects to experimenting on one’s body. I could use this source to relate human experimenting to the book.

Schulman, Ari N. “The New Atlantis » What Is the Body Worth?” The New Atlantis » What

     Is the Body Worth? N.p., 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. <http://www.thenewatlantis.com/

     publications/what-is-the-body-worth>. 

Research Paper Proposal

The topic I choose to write about for now would be human experimentation. I chose this topic because it is one of the few topics relating to the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks that I am very interested about. My approach to human experimentation will be against it. I believe it should not be legal in the medical field worldwide. Possible subtopics for my paper could be some history of experimentation on humans, such as early practices that were done and where. I will also write about the Holocaust, the Nuremberg Trials, and other well known cases. I also may include information about people who were famous for participating in these practices, such as the “Angel of Death” Josef Mangele who was a Nazi officer and physician. Another subtopic could be how this practice has evolved during the years in the United States and other countries as well, and if it is still present in some countries and where. Another possible subtopic could be how human experimentation is shown in the book. If I were to create a tentative thesis for my paper I would say that experimentation on humans has been done for years and it has done a lot of damage, therefore it should be made illegal everywhere. 

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality

I think the doctor was just trying to do his job and wanted to get it done as quickly as possible. I don't think he realized how his actions affected the mother's family. It was kind of inconsiderate how the doctor interrupted the husband's prayer, but I guess he was just in a hurry which I could understand. I'm sure he didn't do it to be mean or for his own selfish reasons. He was probably just trying to speed up the process so that the mother's pregnancy wouldn't become even more worse.

Welcome Freshmen. DNA Swabs, Please.

After reading the introductory paragraph of the article, I thought that taking DNA swabs from the students would be an okay thing since it says it would be done voluntarily. It could be very useful for the students to have this procedure if they want to know their tolerance for alcohol, lactose, and need for folic acid. I think these types of testing should be completely up to the student to decide since it is their own body. Also I don't think this test should be done if it is not 100% accurate because it may cause even more problems.

HeLa Research Paper Source

http://www.onearth.org/article/living-tissues

In this article the author starts off by telling the story of Henrietta Lacks and how HeLa cells began. The majority of the article is about the ethical issue of informed consent. The author includes examples from the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks relating to this issue. It proposes that human cells should not be treated so carelessly. This article would be most helpful to someone who is doing research about the topic of informed consent back in the 1950s and could be used to compare it to today's time.

Informed Consent

Q: How would you feel if you discovered that investigators had taken cells or tissues from some member of your family without consent?

A: My reaction to the cells being taken would depend on the outcomes of it. If the cells did not do much then I would not care all that much. For example, if they did not cure cancer or made some other huge contribution to science, or if it was just taken as procedure for running rests on a family member who has a serious illness. If the cells taken had something to do with the death of a family member I would care and feel hatred towards whoever was involved with taking them and feel sad at the same time. I would also feel anger and sadness if the cells taken became famous and known worldwide and my family member did not get anything out of it or at least have any formal recognition.

Multimodal Rhetorical Analysis Outline

Topic: Head Injuries in Football

I. Introduction
     A. Background about issue
     B. Thesis Statement

II. Summary
     A. Main points of the article
     B. How the picture and related video help address issue

III. Ethos
     A. About the author
     B. How this information makes him suitable to discuss such topic

IV. Pathos
     A. Stories of people who went through issue
     B. Explain how stories effect audience and strengthens article

V. Logos
     A. Stories help prove issue to be true
     B. Statistics and research mentioned

VI. Solutions
     A. Author's opinion of how to reduce future injuries

VII. Conclusion
     A. Refer back to thesis statement
     B. How the article is effective