Select 1 of the following ethical scenarios:

• A company uses patient DNA for research without the patient's knowledge or consent.
• A nonprofit organization sells fetal tissue for research. (Note: Do not assume this is illegal; this may be legal in some states or jurisdictions.)
• Management invites researchers onto a health care research project who do not have the institutional review board's (IRB) approval or exemption.
• An oncology clinical trials coordinator is conducting a research study and selects a relative who has the cancer under investigation. The relative is placed in the group receiving the experimental drugs

Assignment Directions

Create a 12- to 15-slide notes in which you:

• Identify the ethical concern and at what step in the scenario the ethical concern(s) occurred.
• Explain how evidence-based research can eliminate or minimize ethical concerns in the health care industry.
• Compare and contrast research studies and quality-management projects as they relate to the health care industry.
• Explain external factors that have an impact on the ethical concern in the scenario.