HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Slot Machine, Natalie Suleman, Temporal Lobe
3 Apr 2018
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Winston churchill said the farther backward you can look, the further forward you can see. Nowadays we know people are living with a lot of different kinds of health issues, (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e it used to (cid:271)e just (cid:455)ou(cid:859)(cid:396)e well or bad (2 extremes) Prisoners were always used for testing because you can control every aspect of their lives due to their vulnerability. Now we are better at ethics review. Ice picks used to tear the attachments between the thalamus and the temporal lobe. In this case there were no clinical trials or anything which has changed now. In the case of the octomom, the dr used a new instrument on her having it never been used on anything before, Just like the prisoners, when people are vulnerable and desperate: asking a woman if the dr are allowed to make/take more eggs using a new instrument giving the woman a cheaper procedure (bribing)
