The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

How did doctors justify using patients in public hospitals as medical research without obtaining their consent or offering financial compensation?

Chapter 17, Pages 127-136

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Basically, Southam excused his actions by citing that the ignorance of the word "cancer" might possibly cause unnecessary fear and phobia among the patients. 

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