Transcript History of Unethical researchx

A History of
Unethical Research
• In the USA, before the Pure Food and Drug Act
was passed in 1906 there were no regulations
on performing research on humans.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-72)
• 600 black men over 40
• 400 had syphilis yet were
not told they had it.
• Denied treatment
• Many died during study.
• President Clinton
apologized to all of those
affected and their families
in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YMdaEdbcg
(6:34) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Nuremberg Code (POST WWII)
• Laws put in place after the
Nazi experiments of WWII
were uncovered
• Researchers now must have
consent from their human
subjects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GdrWIJpY2M (10:00) National History Day 2013State competition- The Nuremberg Code
"The Nazi physicians performed brutal medical
experiments upon helpless concentration camp
inmates. These acts of torture were characterized
by several shocking features: (1) persons were
forced to become subjects in very dangerous
studies against their will; (2) nearly all subjects
endured incredible suffering, mutilation, and
indescribable pain; and (3) the experiments often
were deliberately designed to terminate in a fatal
outcome for their victims" (Cohen).
Stanley Milgram Experiment (1962)
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Obedience to authority
Electric Shock Consequences
Connections to WWII
Yale University
Ethical?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYLCy5PVgM (5:04) Milgram Experiment- Big History
NL, threshold 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-fQnltrg6w (9:34) Derren Brown- Milgram Experiment
Zimbardo Prison Experiment (1972)
• Stanford University
• Mock prison
• Examining Roles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=760lwYmpXbc (29:00) The Stanford Prison
Experiment. Skip 2:45-4:45 about Milgram
And now…
Institutional Review Board (IRB) established in
1974 by the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare that these unlawful experiments
against humans came to a halt.