Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: National Research Act, Stanford Prison Experiment, Hexamethonium

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Eric Collins

Document Summary

Opening story: healthy volunteer dies in asthma study. Ellen roche, an employee at john hopkins, volunteered to participate in a study testing the effectiveness of a new asthma medication. Following her death in july 2001, the office for human research protection (ohrp) suspended all federally funded medical research at hopkins involving humans until they investigated the case. Researcher wanted to identify the reflex that protects healthy people from acquiring asthma. Researcher needed healthy, nonasthmatic patients who would be given hexamethonium (drug inducing a mild asthma attack) She agrred to participate in the study but died after a month from pulmonary complications, bp irregularities, and kidney failure from the study. Researcher was unaware of old studies stating that the trug is toxic and that the fda banned use 30 years ago. Ohrp, a federal agency that monitors research involving human subjects, investigated the case (any death or injury of a participant is an adverse event, requiring investigation.