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The Tuskegee Study: Progression Of Syphilis

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Tuskegee Study The Tuskegee Study was conducted at such a time wherein syphilis became widespread. Syphilis during this time did not have any cure or therapy which made the researchers curious to how it will affect the body system. Their main goal was to monitor and know the progression of syphilis without any medicine or therapy. The Tuskegee Study started in Macon County and they employed about 600 African Americans as their subjects. Half of them were infected with syphilis and the other half constitutes those who were healthy. They convinced these African American men that they were being treated for whatever sickness they may have, be it coughing or even disorders regarding the stomach. The Public Health Service doctors even bribed these …show more content…

The subjects who were infected with syphilis died from either heart or central nervous system problems. Blood tonics and medicines of all sorts were given to the subjects of which they have no prior knowledge about. Two ethical principles were violated by the fore-runners of the Tuskegee Study namely: the principles of non-maleficence and autonomy. The research subjects’ welfare should be the first thing to be considered rather than the researchers’ own interests. The researchers were selfish in a way that they purposely never gave these men the potential treatment for their disease which is syphilis. They only gave them placebos and other metallic elements which may cause harm to the body. They have done harm to these innocent people. The objectives or the goal of the research was not clearly stated to the subjects. The African American subjects were not given the right to informed consent. Researchers manipulated these men especially those who were given war duties, they made sure that everything was under their control. The reports never made mention of the freedom of the subjects to refuse taking part in the research which proves that the researchers are guilty of fooling these …show more content…

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