Module 5 Presentations

05/07/2024

Infamous research studies

• Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972)

• Harvard Radiation test (1946-1956)

• Willowbrook study (1963-1966)

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study 1932-1972 (1)

• The purpose of the study was to observe the natural progress of the disease (Alabama, USA). • 602 rural illiterate black men, 399 of them had previously contracted syphilis.

• Given free medical care, meals, and free burial insurance.

• The study subjects did not give informed consent and were not informed of their diagnosis.

• Were told they had "bad blood“ , they were never told they had syphilis.

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972)

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