CRIM 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nuremberg Code, Syphilis, Stanford Prison Experiment
13 Jun 2016
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Designed to protect the people we study. Nazi experiments: nuremberg code (1947) (16 doctors were found guilty. Doctors were tried separately because of their position. Tuskegee syphilis study (1932) (study to determine effect of untreated syphilis in black men. The men who had it were not told they had it. These men were offered free meals, healthcare, etc. to participate in the study. Study continued until first account hit news in 1972. Jewish chronic disease hospital study (1963): patients gave consent orally. Patients were not told they were receiving live cancer cells because it would create fear. Doctors thought they were in good standing because they thought bodies would reject cancer cells because of chronic disease. Willowbrook study (1963): researchers thought it would be okay to infect children with hepatitis because they were going to get it anyway. Oxford english dictionary: rules of conduct recognized in certain associations or departments of human life.
