(B192) Examining Tuskegee

The forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s, has become a profound metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and […]

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(B191) Tuskegee′s TRUTHS

Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, […]

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(B188) RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

Since the early 2000s, the field of Responsible Conduct of Research has become widely recognized as essential to scientific education, investigation, and training. At present, research institutions with public funding […]

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(B187) Research Ethics

Medicine in the twenty-first century is increasingly reliant on research to guarantee the safety and efficacy of medical interventions. As a result, the need to understand the ethical issues that […]

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(B184) RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH

When 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger died in a gene transfer study at the University of Pennsylvania, the national spotlight focused on the procedures used to ensure research participants’ safety and their […]

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(B182) ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Challenging long-held theories of scientific rationality and remoteness, Kristin Shrader-Frechette argues that research cannot be ‘value free.’ Rather, any research will raise important moral issues for those involved, issues not […]

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