Miss Evers Boys Ethical Violations

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From the movie I learned that there were many violations to ethical principles and human rights. I cannot understand how health care professionals and people that are in power can intentionally harm others in the name of research. I think that research should be closely monitored in order to avoid violations, like the ones presented in the movie Miss Evers' Boys.

Arnold and Boggs (2011) defines justice in ethics as being fair or impartial. There was no justice in what they did in the movie. In Miss Evers' Boys the health care providers and the broken system allowed a situation that was unethical to continue for over 40 years. For example, when Penicillin was discovered and widely available as the main treatment for syphilis, they denied the

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