What Are The Ethical Implications Of Tuskegee Study

It is imperative to note that research, especially field research, is vital to furthering our knowledge about people, diseases, and more. While research has aided in the evolvement of humanity, there are a plethora of risk associated with conducted research. Several of which were displayed in the first and second cases. Both of these cases will be examined in further detail, but after reading the cases I have come to the conclusion that we should have strict rules governing the research that can be conducted. While it is imperative to note that there is the possibility these guidelines could prevent the researcher’s ability to help those who need it or conduct research on particular diseases of people that could have a positive impact. However, this is a reasonable price to pay to protect those considered to be ‘vulnerable populations’. Furthermore, the goal of the IRB is not to prohibit all research but to regulate it. …show more content…
To do this, they collected 400 poor black males with syphilis. This, at first glance, may appear to be logical and ethical. However, during the experiment a cure became widely available for those infected by the disease. The issue with this is that the researchers chose to withhold the cure from the participants involved in the study in order to carry out the remainder of the study. This is evidence that without rules in place to regulate the freedom of individual researchers, there is the possibility that the participant’s human rights will be infringed upon. In my opinion, allowing people to unnecessarily die from a disease in the name of research whose results were, with a cure,