Scientific Ethics
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By:
Jeffrey Willett
At the Doctors' Trial, Nazi physicians claimed that their medical abuses should be excused as they had acted no differently than U.S. doctors. Was their allegation true? more...
The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis
By:
Jeffrey Willett
For almost 40 years, the U.S. Public Health Service studied syphilis in African American men without telling them that they were being experimented upon. more...
By:
Jeffrey Willett
The Nuremberg Code of 1947 set forth 10 basic principles regarding human experimentation, but the medical profession needed something less legalistic and more practical. more...
By:
Jeffrey Willett
Nearly 20 years after the Nuremberg Code, a New York physician named Chester Southam injected live cancer cells into patients without their consent. more...
By:
Jeffrey Willett
With the rise of Adolf Hitler to power, the Nazis allowed German physicians to conduct unethical medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. more...
By:
Jeffrey Willett
The need to respect authority is ingrained from an early age, but sometimes blind obedience to authority has a destructive influence on ethics and moral decision making. more...
Medical Ethics in Nazi Germany
By:
Jeffrey Willett
By 1933, German medicine had become increasingly politicized as physicians openly endorsed National Socialism as a means to purge society of undesirable influences. more...
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