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Question

Assume that you are in charge of a large hospital associated with Washington University in St. Louis (a top medical school). One of the top nerve surgeons is trying to save the leg of a patient and needs help to find where a nerve goes. She gets critical data from an anatomy book which has amazing illustrations which are apparently better than any other source. Unfortunately, the drawings were created by dissecting bodies from Nazi executions. I have put two articles in the Files/Final folder that describe the actual surgical situation, and provide the background on the book/images, For this case study I would like you to figure out how you as the hospital director should handle this situation. Specifically, What should be the hospital's stance on using this extremely valuable information? Should patients be informed about potential use of this information before their surgery and, if so, can they decline to have it used? Should patients be informed after the surgery that the information was used? Does the hospital inform the public about using the information? What are you going to do? Use the 4A's to analyze the situation. You can also use your Code of Ethics.