Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Nuremberg Code, Informed Consent, Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council
5 Feb 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Research methods class 4 ethics in research9/27/2012 9:34:00 am. A branch of philosophy concerned with moral issues of right and wrong . To behave ethically is to do what is morally right. The tuskegee syphilis study (1932): a treatment for syphilis was deliberately withheld from patients. (wanted to see what would happen without treatment) The willowbrook hepatitis study (1956): children with cog disabilities deliberately infected with hepatitis. Medical experiments in german concentration camps during ww2. (researchers pushed the boundaries of what we know by immersing prisoners in ice cold water. They shot prisoners with poisoned bullets, injected them with gasoline, exposed them to infections/diseases all said to have been done for science. The nuremberg trials (1946): 20 scientists charged with willing participation in crimes against humanity (16 guilty, 7 hanged). (e. g. chief surgeon at university of berlin was one of the scientists: trials ended after 140 days of testimony.
