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However, it isn’t a condition of their employment. The argument that suppression of medical records harms scientific progress applies to all people and all rec
by sunir 9y ago
However, it isn’t a condition of their employment.
The argument that suppression of medical records harms scientific progress applies to all people and all records and all scientific inquiry. Your argument needs to be more specific.
- randcraw 9y agoI see astronauts as equivalent to military personnel -- if their job (or posting) exposes them to hidden pathogens or risk, even if they "knowingly" volunteer, their employer has an obligation to publicly reveal the source and severity of the risks that will be incurred (like a MOS that involves scraping asbestos from older navy ships -- a famous source of asbestosis and mesothelioma in ex-sailors). Only an open unrestrained discussion can reveal ALL the inherent risks and inform future soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines before they enlist what may be the military's latest Faustian bargain.
- mattkrause 9y agoCan't really argue with the idea that people should make informed decisions–and part of this process should include discussing things that have happened to others in similar situations. On the other hand, that's quite different from publishing personally-identifiable information (and the identifiably does seem to the sticking point here) about someone's health. You could, for example, present aggregate data, or ask the potential employees to sign some kind of data-use agreement if you want to show them individual data.