According to Beauchamp and Childress, Why Was the Program Initiated

question 14

Multiple Choice

According to Beauchamp and Childress, why was the program initiated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in New York City to track citizens with diabetes ethically questionable?

• A) The program does not identify persons with undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes.
• B) The program is solely informational; it does not provide any additional resources for prevention and treatment services.
• C) This program and others like it may open the way for additional and more extensive registries of sensitive data, without adequate justification.
• D) All of the above

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