Informed consent requires physicians to provide patients with enough information regarding the diagnosis, the nature and purpose of treatment, the possible risks, alternatives and benefits of a treatment. According to the FDA, research subjects must understand that they may not benefit from the clinical trial (although they may get personal treatment benefits of a treatment) On the other hand, implied consent is not explicitly granted but is inferred by a person’s actions and the circumstances. In the Tuskegee study, researchers observed those already affected with syphilis but deliberately refused to give the subjects treatment. The problem was that patients were told they were being treated but never received any treatment. Hence, one of
