Syphilis
What are the early physical symptoms of syphilis?
Rashes on genitals
"There was no racial side to this. It just happened to be in a black community."
True. Dr J R Heller
Why do we require informed consent in scientific research studies?
Examples include: to assure participant safety, people can't consent to things they don't know are happening, to ensure ethical practices
What was used later on as the treatment for latent-stage syphilis?
Penicillin
"We have no further interest in these patients until they die."
True Dr Wenger
How were they able to bring in so many people?
By saying participants would receive treatment
True or false, syphilis can be passed through pregnancy
True
"Disease will accomplish what man cannot do."
True. Dr Murrell
What was unethical about leaving the participants untreated?
Some examples: letting patients die, letting the STI spread, not communicating the risks, etc.
Brain, eyes, ears
"The attacks on defenseless white women are evidences of racial instincts that are about as amenable to ethical culture as is the inherent odor of the race"
How did the HEW Report fall short in its accountability of the researchers?