Follow the links found in the Readings or Activities folder to learn about the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Then search online for 2 more good sources of information about this experiment. Good sources could include websites, YouTube videos, scholarly journal articles, etc. Sites such as Wikipedia, AskJeeves, About.com, or similar sites are NOT good sources.
Write a 1-2 page paper in which you answer ALL of the following:
-Briefly summarize the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
-A "placebo effect" occurs when a patient who thinks he or she is being treated for an illness improves in health even though no actual treatment has occurred. In order to determine if a treatment is effective, it is necessary for researchers to rule out health improvements due to the placebo effect. The process of ruling out the placebo effect requires a certain degree of deception on part of the researchers - if the researchers inform the patients they are not receiving the actual treatment, but instead receiving a placebo, then the researchers will not be able to rule out the placebo effect. We believe that research subjects should be provided with informed consent, but also recognize that there are situations where this is not possible. Where do we draw the line? Who should determine where the line is drawn? Explain your answer.
Your paper should conform to APA guidelines, which means that it should be properly formatted, include a cover page and references page. For more information on APA format, see apastyle.org. Please note that your responses are graded both on content AND grammar, spelling, and organization of ideas. See 'Rubrics' on the Course Menu for more detailed information on Journal grading.
-Does virtue ethics support the Belmont Report? Why or why not?