Question

Tuskegee Study Syphilis is a chronic, contagious bacterial disease that is most often sexually transmitted but is sometimes congenital. Since about 1946, the disease has been successfully treated with antibiotics. Prior to 1946, individuals with the disease had an inevitable progress through its Ш sequelae, from the primary lesion and chancre to rash, fever, and swollen lymph nodes to the final stage of nervous system and circulatory problems, and finally death. The progress of the disease is often 30-40 years.

Answer 1

1.The Tuskegee study was totally unethical in practice . It was done to see the progression of disease rather than treating the disease . Considering each of the ethical principles :-

Autonomy - African Americans were not given ability to take decision on their participation

Justice - Justice was not given to them , they were denied of the treatment for syphilis just because of their need to see the progression of disease which was their study

Beneficence - Opposite of beneficence was done to the patients suffering from syphilis . They were more harmed by not providing treatment

Non - malificence - only harm was done to the patients suffering from syphilis . They were providing false treatment to them for conducting their study

Confidentiality - confidentiality was maintained

Fidelity -the study people gave the patients blind faith about the treatment

Veracity there was nothing true in this study. Everything was done for profit and in the best interest of the patients

2. The Nurse Eunice Rivers has to be equally blamed for this misconduct and malpractice against ethics because it is not about how much time you were in the experiment ,it's about who all were involved in the experiment of misconduct . Each and every one involved in this unethical practice should be charged , cancel their registration and imprisoned for what they did .