associated with option you were assigned. For your responses, select
two classmates who were assigned different options than you.
Respond to at least two classmates using the required response
prompt for their option (e.g., if your initial post was Option 1, then
respond to posts from Option 2 and 3 or if your initial post was
Option 2, then respond to posts from Option 1 and 3). Your initial
post should be at least 250 words; your response post should be at
least 100 words.
Option 1: Internal Review Board (IRB) Case Studies
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• Review each of the six IRB case studies from Yale
University.
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• Select one case and describe it in your discussion post.
Indicate in your post which case number you are using.
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• Discuss why you believe the determination was made
and whether you believe it was the right or wrong decision.
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• Support your view with at least two scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library. Your initial response should
be at least 250 words.
Required Response to Option 1: In a substantive post, explain why
you agree or disagree with your colleague’s discussion as to whether
the determination was right or wrong. Provide additional supportive
evidence as to your agreement or disagreement. Your responses
should be at least 100 words.
Option 2: Ethics Committee Case Study John, a 32 year-old lawyer,
had worried for several years about developing Huntington's chorea, a
neurological disorder that appears in a person's 30s or 40s, bringing
rapid uncontrollable twitching and contractions and progressive,
irreversible dementia. It leads to death in about 10 years. John's
mother died from this disease. Huntington's is autosomal dominant
and afflicts 50% of an affected parent's offspring. John had indicated
too many people that he would prefer to die rather than to live and die
as his mother had. He was anxious, drank heavily, and had
intermittent depression, for which he saw a psychiatrist. Nevertheless,
he was still a productive lawyer. John first noticed facial twitching
three months ago and two neurologists independently confirmed a
diagnosis of Huntington's. He explained his situation to his
psychiatrist and requested help committing suicide.