Think of a time when someone was fraudulent towards you, when someone was deceptive with their intentions and did not care about your needs, your feelings, or your well-being. They only cared about getting ahead in life and using you to get there. Well, once, in 1951, this happened to a very important woman in the history of medicine. Her name was Henrietta Lacks. Her cells were taken from her and sold for medical research without her or any of her family knowing anything about it. This caused many problems for his loved ones because even after his death his cells were still alive and still are today. In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot tells the incredible story of Miss Henrietta Lacks and how informed consent was not used to obtain her cells. Instead, they were simply taken as if they were once not part of his body. Informed consent was not taken seriously back then, but as time went by and a frenetic situation began with the use of patients for medical research, it gradually improved and, although it has changed, I believe it should be more detailed to ensure that not a patient is ever deceived again. To begin with, for those who may be wondering what informed consent is, it is a legal and ethical prerequisite for clinical research on humans (Bristol, par 2). The purpose of informed consent is to ensure that the patient's autonomy is respected in decisions about their health care (Susilo, 1). Many people say that the term was first used in 1957. There was a malpractice case with Salgo vs. Leland Stanford Jr. The California Supreme Court ruled that no patient can undergo a medical procedure without having given the “ informed consent". Even though the courts had said this, inf... halfway through the document... the family went through obstacles, all because they were deceived and were used for tests and experiments that were only beneficial to people different from them. he has advanced the world of medicine in many ways. However, this does not mean that they should not have been informed of such matters. I believe everyone should have the right to know what's going on with some part of them because it's a part of them. In the past, informed consent was not taken seriously, but as more and more people began to realize how harmful it could be for patients not to be informed about the risks and what the results of their procedures or tests would be used for , it began to improve and although the process is not yet at the best of its ability, I believe it could get there in the future if people suggested what they think should be changed to improve it to the heads of health departments in the United States.