A central tenet of the Belmont Report is respect for human dignity, which was not upheld in the Tuskegee Study. The report outlines two fundamental rights for the preservation of human dignity when conducting a study (113). These are the right to full disclosure and the right to self-determination. The right to full disclosure entitles participants in a study to receive a full account of the requirements of the study, the potential risks and benefits, and the option to decline to participate. Thus participants are able to make a voluntary, informed choice about taking part. This is known as informed consent. The researchers in the Tuskegee Study failed to adhere to this principle when they used deception to mislead participants about the true
