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Ethical Principles Of Tuskegee Study

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The first ethical principle the Tuskegee study violated is known as informed consent. The victims were not made fully aware of the potential risk and harm that they were subjected to during the duration of the study. In addition, by luring in victims with the promise of receiving proper medical treatment and then deceiving them did not in anyway shape or form promote the well being of the subjects. Instead, as the video stated victims were subjected to dangerous diagnostics procedures and given ineffective treatment. Information and treatment options were withheld from the subject at great lengths. Essentially, the researchers kept every participant in the dark in order to continue their research even a the expense of the subjects. The second
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