Assignment:
Analysis and Application
Medical Experimentation: Another Tuskegee Study or Beneficial Research
Recent research has discovered that while HIV infection is relatively high in prison, the majority of those infected arrive at the prison with the disease. With a five times higher infection rate within prisons when compared with the general population and similarly high rates with Hepatitis C, many suggest allowing for controlled experimentation on inmates to test drugs to combat these two infections. Do you agree with Dr. Albert M. Kligman that prisoners should be again involved in medical trials?
Develop a position paper addressing both sides of the issue. Provide a historical overview of the significant benefits and detriments involving medical testing of prisoners. Include examples to support your position.
Note: This Assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material. Also discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used.
You may consult the Library, the Internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.
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Paper Format
The paper is to be completed in APA format.
Page length is 4 to 5 pages of text (1,000 to 1,250 words). This does not include the title page or the References section.
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Topic 1: Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Prisons
Consider the following questions as you discuss the associated issues of sexually transmitted diseases in prisons.
What efforts have taken place to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in prisons? Why has so little attention been paid to sexually transmitted diseases? Should the state be liable for failing to protect inmates while in control of the state? Why or why not? Should an inmate be able to file suit against the state if the inmate contracts a sexually transmitted disease in prison? Should prisons issue condoms in an effort to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases? What prevention programs are being implemented to address this issue? Explain your answers.
Topic 2: Weekly Research Discussion
Research and locate a news article or op-ed that addresses an issue you believe is relevant to the unit. This resource must address a critical or controversial issue. Please post the article and indicate why it is indeed a critical or controversial issue.