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Summary Of Miss Evers Boys

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In the movie “Miss Evers Boys”, Nurse Eunice Evers takes an offer to work with two doctors on a program that was federally funded to treat patients afflicted with the syphilis disease in Tuskegee Alabama. The patients were only men and they agreed to take part in it because of the free treatment. After a while the program ended and money was offered to conduct an experiment. The experiment was the study of the effects of the syphilis disease on these men, specifically African Americans, whom didn’t receive treatment. Nurse Evers finds out from doctor Brodus that the four hundred plus men along with 200 uninfected men who served as controls, will be studied and not treated. She begins to realize within time that unfortunately she has taken …show more content…

In fact they were being harmed. An example from the movie is when the participants in the experiment were told entering the program by Nurse Evers that they were all being treated for bad blood when in fact they were being solely experimented on for the benefit of the government. The men were receiving free treatment that was not even designed to better their health. The benefits for the participants did not outweigh the risks. Matter of fact one may argue that there were many risks and little to no benefits. The only benefit that may have occurred out of this study was proving that African Americans react no differently to syphilis then …show more content…

The African Americans were targeted and vulnerable due to the color of their skin. This is unfairness. In the movie, not only were the men treated unequally but also Nurse Evers was. She was used by the government to help conduct the experiment due to the color of her skin. They knew that she would be able to easily mislead these men into believing they were going to receive good health although the complete opposite occurred. Nurse Evers felt she had no other choice but to continue helping these men in hope that they would eventually receive the treatment they needed. In her eyes the care these men were receiving were better than no care at all. When doing research it’s important to avoid racism, inequality, bias and prejudice. The participants were in a difficult situation to say no. It’s unfortunate to see how the system considered them expendable and

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