Test Subjects
In order to perform and conduct these unethical experiments, researchers had to find test subject. The issue was that not many people would risk their life for the “greater good”. Therefore, researchers found alternate ways to obtain their human subjects. From trickery to deception, researchers did whatever they deemed necessary in order to get their subject. Most subjects were random unless they were finding subjects that have a certain disease or characteristic.
One key thing that researchers did was that they usually never told the subject that they are actually being tested on. Researchers usually don’t state their purpose or what they’ll be doing. They don’t give the patient any information, and the researchers don’t usually get informed consent. This makes sure that people aren’t frightened off or scared away.
One way that researchers found their subjects would be to go to offer people something in exchange for them being used in a study. Sometimes, companies or scientists would offer people free meals and money in order to use them in a study or obtain a sample from them. Researchers might offer medical services and other benefits. For example, in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, the subjects were offered free meals, medical check-ups, and …show more content…
Doctors like Dr. Kligman and Dr. Southam went to either an prison because they were a vulnerable population. They were unable to give informed consent. Also, a person in prison has probably done something wrong in their life, so they think by helping medical researchers they can fix their wrong. This is exactly what they thought when Dr. Southam was doing his cancer research. In conclusion, researchers got the subjects they needed to perform their unethical studies by offering rewards, going to places with vulnerable population, and lying to people about their
In order to perform and conduct these unethical experiments, researchers had to find test subject. The issue was that not many people would risk their life for the “greater good”. Therefore, researchers found alternate ways to obtain their human subjects. From trickery to deception, researchers did whatever they deemed necessary in order to get their subject. Most subjects were random unless they were finding subjects that have a certain disease or characteristic.
One key thing that researchers did was that they usually never told the subject that they are actually being tested on. Researchers usually don’t state their purpose or what they’ll be doing. They don’t give the patient any information, and the researchers don’t usually get informed consent. This makes sure that people aren’t frightened off or scared away.
One way that researchers found their subjects would be to go to offer people something in exchange for them being used in a study. Sometimes, companies or scientists would offer people free meals and money in order to use them in a study or obtain a sample from them. Researchers might offer medical services and other benefits. For example, in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, the subjects were offered free meals, medical check-ups, and …show more content…
Doctors like Dr. Kligman and Dr. Southam went to either an prison because they were a vulnerable population. They were unable to give informed consent. Also, a person in prison has probably done something wrong in their life, so they think by helping medical researchers they can fix their wrong. This is exactly what they thought when Dr. Southam was doing his cancer research. In conclusion, researchers got the subjects they needed to perform their unethical studies by offering rewards, going to places with vulnerable population, and lying to people about their