Community Health Worker`s code of Ethics
Choose either the Henrietta Lacks video or the Stanford Prison study video and answer the following questions
- Explain three (be specific and provide detail) CHW code of ethics that would be violated by this study if it were conducted today.
- Discuss one law that would be violated today if this study was conducted. Please provide specific reasons why it would be violated.
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Three CHW Code of Ethics Broken in The Case in Present-Day Conditions
The shocking experiments on Henrietta Lacks represented a case of violation of the code of ethics for the community health workers in different ways (ShowYourselfApproved, 2011). The experiment focused on the realization of a cure for cancer through the process of allowing cells to grow out of the body to alter their progress inside the body. Henrietta Lacks visited a hospital for a checkup only to realize that she possessed a tumor. The first violation of the Code of ethics observed in the case represents the lack of confidentiality, especially from Dr. Guy who remained responsible for the…
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