SOAN 2120 Lecture : SOAN 2120 Mar.5.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: Scott Schau

Document Summary

Norms that describe what"s ethical and what"s not. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential . First document that advocated volunteer participant and consent. Drug prescribed to control sleep and nausea throughout pregnancy. Found to cause severe deformities in fetus [shortens/eliminates limbs] Many patients did not know it was not approved by the fda nor did they give informed consent, 12,000 babies were born w/severe deformities. World medical association declaration of helsinki replaces the nuremburg code (1964) Research w/humans should be based in the results from lab and animal experiments. Researcher protocols should be reviewed by an independent committee prior to imitation. Research should be conducted by medically/scientifically qualified individuals. 600 low-income african american males, 400 of whom were infected w/syphilis. Stopped in 1973 only after its existence was publicised. Student paid to participate in a anaesthetic drug trial. Told a catheter would be inserted into his left arm.