PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lumbar Puncture, Veterinary Physician, Belmont Estate
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Historical example: tuskegee study illustrates three major ethics violations. 1920"s-1930"s, people working with poor men in the southern usa were concerned that up to. 35% of black men living in the south were infected with syphilis. The disease was largely untreatable at the time and the interfered with the men"s ability to work, contribute to society and climb their way out of poverty. They available treatments included: a) infusion of toxic metals; had serious and fatal effects. 1932, us public health service (phs), cooperating with the tuskegee institute, began a study of. In fact, the researchers conducted a painful, potentially dangerous spinal tap procedure on every patient to follow progression. In 1943, the phs approved the use of penicillin for treating syphilis, yet the tuskegee institute did not provide information about this new cure to the participants in their study.
