Kevin Geyer
Jack Hennes
English 191-17
5 November 2012
Research Paper Proposal
For my research paper I plan to talk about informed consent, and the different changes to its policies that were in acted because of or after the HeLa cell incident. I feel that this is a great topic to talk about, since most of the book revolves around this point in some way. Also I am sure there will be an adamant amount of sources and information revolving this topic. Will approach this topic, most likely straight up, going right into it if you will, describing what happened to Henrietta, and then move into how it affected her ad how things have changed for the better. Some subtopics could include but not limited to: How it helps patients, how it helps doctors, and how it changed the face of medicine and its practice for ever. My thesis may look something like this; “Ever since this incident with the famous HeLa cells and their previous owner, informed consent has taken a new turn in todays society.”
