PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Psychological Association, Ibm Officevision, Clinical Psychology
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Historical examples: the tuskegee syphilis study illustrates 3 major ethics violations. Late 20"s and early 30"s ppl working with poor men in southern us were concerned that up to. 35% of black men living there were infected with syphilis. Interfered with men"s ability to work, contribute to society, and get out of poverty. Available treatment infusions of toxic metals; when it worked it had serious, fatal side effects. 1932 us public health service and tuskegee institute began study of 600 black men. 400 of them already infected w/ syphilis ; 200 of them were not. Researchers wanted to study effects of untreated syphilis on the men"s health over a long term. At the time not treating the men was alright b/c risky treatments that were available at the time were unlikely to work anyway. Men were not informed that they had syphilis.
