The film “Ms. Evers boys,” deals with the unethical medical research of human experimentation. The film portrays the Tuskegee study which documented the care and treatment of 400 African American men suffering from syphilis. The film accurately depicted the ethical catastrophe of this study due to the way the men were treated, or in this case not treated with the proper consent. This study was the longest untherapeutic study done human on beings it lasted for 40 years. Their unethical decisions had horrible ramifications on the life and well-being of the men being studied. The Tuskegee study was morally and ethically wrong on so many levels because it put scientific findings ahead of human life. Although the study had good intentions of seeking
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Nurse Evers, in her declaration in front of the Senate’s committee, tries to justify the study because it pursued the “Greater Good” of the surrounding community. Although she knew the study would have never been carried out in white population as it had been organized in the black community. Nurse Evers was trying to portray the utilitarian attitude, which defends that is legitimate to sacrifice the individual rights for the common good as a whole.
When it comes to breaching Healthcare Ethics, the Tuskegee study would have received a gold star. It is evident that many of the principles of ethics have been broken in the Tuskegee study. The principle of justice was broken because there was not an equal selection of participants, participants should have been selected fairly and randomly, without consideration of their socioeconomic class and gender. Their duty was to treat everyone fairly and to distribute the risks and benefits …show more content…
Researchers involved in the Tuskegee study did try to apply a form of beneficence being that they were trying to help the black community in treating syphilis. They did not however, apply the philosophy of “Do no Harm” or non-maleficence. The researchers failed to provide effective treatment when they knew one existed. The study should have been solely focused on maximizing the benefits of research and minimizing the risks/creating the greatest outcome to the participants in the study. In the Tuskegee study the principles of beneficence and non-maleficence were not applied equally in that all the men in the study suffered and many of them eventually dying from their untreated
Nurse Evers, in her declaration in front of the Senate’s committee, tries to justify the study because it pursued the “Greater Good” of the surrounding community. Although she knew the study would have never been carried out in white population as it had been organized in the black community. Nurse Evers was trying to portray the utilitarian attitude, which defends that is legitimate to sacrifice the individual rights for the common good as a whole.
When it comes to breaching Healthcare Ethics, the Tuskegee study would have received a gold star. It is evident that many of the principles of ethics have been broken in the Tuskegee study. The principle of justice was broken because there was not an equal selection of participants, participants should have been selected fairly and randomly, without consideration of their socioeconomic class and gender. Their duty was to treat everyone fairly and to distribute the risks and benefits …show more content…
Researchers involved in the Tuskegee study did try to apply a form of beneficence being that they were trying to help the black community in treating syphilis. They did not however, apply the philosophy of “Do no Harm” or non-maleficence. The researchers failed to provide effective treatment when they knew one existed. The study should have been solely focused on maximizing the benefits of research and minimizing the risks/creating the greatest outcome to the participants in the study. In the Tuskegee study the principles of beneficence and non-maleficence were not applied equally in that all the men in the study suffered and many of them eventually dying from their untreated