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Case for Discussion You have been attending a meeting on eucaryotic growth factor biology and have just finished listening to Dr. Roman give his keynote address. His overview involved some clinical studies and he showed slides of patients undergoing procedures as part of an institutionally approved clinical trial. In all instances the faces of the patients were clearly visible. On two other slides there were clinical materials depicted and these were labeled with a patient's name. One tissue sample was clearly labeled with a tag that read "Mrs. MacDonald". After the lecture you leave to make a phone call. As you return to the lecture you are intercepted by a Susan Jeris, a colleague you know casually from another institution . Susan confides in you that one of the slides shown by Dr. Roman was a picture of her stepmother, Shirley MacDonald. She is agitated and claims that Roman's use of the picture and disclosure of her stepmother's name is a violation of her stepmother's privacy and in violation of accepted standards of clinical research. She claims that Roman's presentation is an egregious violation of human subject research practices and thinks he should be punished. She asks you what she should do about this situation. used with permission |
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