Medical Mistrust Review and Learning Check

Which scenario describes the life of Henrietta Lacks?

• Once credited as the “father of modern gynecology, his research on enslaved black women without their consent and anesthesia (pain killers) caused untold pain and suffering because he believed black people did not feel pain the same as white people. 

• Her cells were taken with out her permission.  They were the first  immortal line of human cells, making all kinds of research and experiments possible.

• Without her knowledge or consent, without any indication of medical necessity, the operating physician performed a complete hysterectomy – removing her uterus -- to “sterilize” her, ensuring she could not have children.

• After he fell off a brick ledge, suffering a fatal head injury, his heart was sewn into the chest of someone else at the Medical College of Virginia. It was one of the first heart transplants in the country, and it gave the med school the status it had sought at the forefront of transplant science. However, he nor his family had consented to the transplant.

Which scenario describes the life of Fannie Lou Hamer?

• Once credited as the “father of modern gynecology, his research on enslaved black women without their consent and anesthesia (pain killers) caused untold pain and suffering because he believed black people did not feel pain the same as white people. 

• Her cells were taken with out her permission.  They were the first  immortal line of human cells, making all kinds of research and experiments possible.

• Without her knowledge or consent, without any indication of medical necessity, the operating physician performed a complete hysterectomy – removing her uterus -- to “sterilize” her, ensuring she could not have children.

• After he fell off a brick ledge, suffering a fatal head injury, his heart was sewn into the chest of someone else at the Medical College of Virginia. It was one of the first heart transplants in the country, and it gave the med school the status it had sought at the forefront of transplant science. However, he nor his family had consented to the transplant.

Which scenario describes the life of James Marion Sims?

• Once credited as the “father of modern gynecology, his research on enslaved black women without their consent and anesthesia (pain killers) caused untold pain and suffering because he believed black people did not feel pain the same as white people. 

• Her cells were taken with out her permission.  They were the first  immortal line of human cells, making all kinds of research and experiments possible.

• Without her knowledge or consent, without any indication of medical necessity, the operating physician performed a complete hysterectomy – removing her uterus -- to “sterilize” her, ensuring she could not have children.

• After he fell off a brick ledge, suffering a fatal head injury, his heart was sewn into the chest of someone else at the Medical College of Virginia. It was one of the first heart transplants in the country, and it gave the med school the status it had sought at the forefront of transplant science. However, he nor his family had consented to the transplant.

Research studies looking at racial disparities in pain treatment, indicate that Black patients are significantly more likely to be prescribed pain medication and that they generally receive more doses of it when they are. 

• True

• False

How did the government responded to the opioid crisis? Select all that apply

• counseling and treatment for addiction

• increasing police in affected communities

• building more prisons

• longer jail sentences for drug offenders

• demand that the drug companies be held accountable in court

Research study done on Black men with syphilis in the south that was condemned and violated medical ethics because when a cure became available the men in the study did not receive it and the researchers ultimately harmed the participants because they did nothing to help their condition.

• Talladega Experiment

• Tuscaloosa Experiment

• Tuskegee Experiment

• Thomasville Experiment

A rare genetic disease that disproportionately affects African Americans. It is characterized by abnormal form of hemoglobin that causes the red cells to become rigid, and crescent shaped.

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Anaphylactic Shock

• Atherosclerosis

• Alzheimer's Disease