Miss Evers’ Boys is a movie that exposes the ethical issues of the Tuskegee study over a forty-year period. The U.S. Public Health Service’s experiment took place in rural Alabama between the years 1932 to 1972. It was conducted among African American males left untreated with syphilis. The goal was to determine if untreated syphilis reacted the same way in black males as it did in white males. Originally, the men believe they are being treated for the disease. The government eventually cuts funding making treatment unavailable.
The concept of justice in clinical research demands all subjects be treated fairly (Owonikoko, 2013, p. 242). Researchers with the U.S. Public Health Services knowingly did not choose their participants equally.
The concept of justice in clinical research demands all subjects be treated fairly (Owonikoko, 2013, p. 242). Researchers with the U.S. Public Health Services knowingly did not choose their participants equally.