Self-study
Like a genetic profile, a functional magnetic-resonance image (fMRI) of the brain can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private. ██ ████ ██ █ █████ ████ ████████ ██████ ███████████ █████ █ █████████ █████ ██ ██████ █ ████████████ █████ ██ ████ █████████ █████ █ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ █ ███████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ ██ ████████
Summary
A functional magnetic-resonance image (fMRI) is similar to a genetic profile because it can contain information a patient wishes to keep private. An fMRI also contains enough information to create a recognizable image of a patient’s face. On the other hand, someone’s genetic profile can be linked to them only through labels or records.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
fMRIs can identify patients in a way that genetic profiles do not.
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There is no support for whether it is important for medical providers to apply/not apply labels to fMRIs of patients' brains. You have to make this assumption.
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The stimulus says that an fMRI can reveal an image of a patient’s face while a genetic profile does not. This has the potential to compromise patient privacy in differing circumstances.
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There is no information about the safety of data in genetic profiles, so it is unreasonable to contend that most patients cannot be sure that their information is kept private.
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This comparative statement is not supported. There are no details about how much information overlaps between an fMRI and genetic profile.
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This is an unreasonable assumption to make. The passage does not compare the level of concern patients feel about the privacy threats posed by fMRIs vs. genetic profiles. It is unclear whether patients even know about the potential privacy risks.