Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Primum Non Nocere, Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council, Nuremberg

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Prologue: what is ethics? a branch of philosophy concerned with moral issues of right or wrong, The tuskegee syphilis study (1932): a treatment for syphilis was deliberately withheld from patients. The wiliowbrook hepatitis study ( 1956): children with cognitive disabilities deliberately infected with hepatitis. Medical experiments in german concentration camps during ww2. The nuremberg trails(1948): 20 scientist charged with willing participation in crimes against humanity ( 16 guilty, 7 hanged) Part 1: ethical codes of conduct: the nuremburg code (1947. 1st principle: the voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential . 6 principles focus on protecting participants from physical and mental suffering. 3 principles emphasize that research must have a useful purpose and be conducted by trained professionals: ethical codes in psychology, apa (1953): a code for clinical psychologists. Tcps governs all research at western (including honor theses)