PHL 223 Lecture 34Outline of Current Lecture Tuskegee Timeline Con’t Defenses for the StudyCurrent Lecture1969- CDC committee votes to continue supplyThe Tuskegee physicians (almost all black) agree to never give antibiotics to the subjects1972- Popular press reports on the study- Study ends- 28/399 died- The publicity of the study creates mistrust of doctors among blacks- Institutions that experiment on humans are required to have Institutional Renew Boards1974- a legal settlement )the government has now paid more than 10 million. 1988- 21 subjects still alive having syphilis for 57+ years1997- Clinton applies to 4 of 8 living subjectsBad Science- No central supervision/ no written protocols - Poor record keeping- Subjects got mixed up with controls, who didn’t have syphilis- Some subjects got neosalvarsan or penicillin outside Marion CountyThe “No One Was Harmed Defense”- Kampier- subject no worse off being in the studyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Neosalvarsan was probable worse than no treatment at all- Penicillin is most effective for primary
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