The Nurse's Role In The Tuskegee Study
Introduction
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a study that was authorized by the United States Public Health to observe the effects of syphilis in black men versus white men. The study was conducted without informed consents, so the men weren’t informed about the study and it’s real purpose. It was initially going to only last six months but instead it lasted forty years. The men in the study were enrolled in the study by being told that they were going to be receiving free health care from the United States (“U.S. Public Health,” 2017). The men in the study were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” but in actuality they weren’t receiving the proper treatment needed to cure syphilis. Although there was penicillin available in 1950, …show more content…
Her role in the study was to recruit the black men in the study that were infected with syphilis and keeping them in the study. The way Rivers dealt with the situation can only be understood under the circumstances she was in. Even though I know that She was an African American woman during the 1930’s, which was difficult because of the time she was in. And even though some say she didn’t have a voice because she was African American she was expected to follow doctor’s orders. I believe that her role in the study was unethical. she knew what was going on and didn’t tell the men, withheld treatment and continued to lie to them. She wasn't a patient advocate, so this where she failed as a nurse. Her actions were not justified, and unethical because no matter who she is working for, she was a nurse the and well being of her patient should have been her main …show more content…
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Landau, E. (2010). Studies show 'dark chapter' of medical research. Retrieved November 03, 2017, from http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/01/guatemala.syphilis.tuskegee/index.html
Protections, O. F. (2016). The Belmont Report. Retrieved November 01, 2017, from https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/index.html
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved November 02, 2017, from http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. (2017, August 30). Retrieved November 03, 2017, from
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a study that was authorized by the United States Public Health to observe the effects of syphilis in black men versus white men. The study was conducted without informed consents, so the men weren’t informed about the study and it’s real purpose. It was initially going to only last six months but instead it lasted forty years. The men in the study were enrolled in the study by being told that they were going to be receiving free health care from the United States (“U.S. Public Health,” 2017). The men in the study were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” but in actuality they weren’t receiving the proper treatment needed to cure syphilis. Although there was penicillin available in 1950, …show more content…
Her role in the study was to recruit the black men in the study that were infected with syphilis and keeping them in the study. The way Rivers dealt with the situation can only be understood under the circumstances she was in. Even though I know that She was an African American woman during the 1930’s, which was difficult because of the time she was in. And even though some say she didn’t have a voice because she was African American she was expected to follow doctor’s orders. I believe that her role in the study was unethical. she knew what was going on and didn’t tell the men, withheld treatment and continued to lie to them. She wasn't a patient advocate, so this where she failed as a nurse. Her actions were not justified, and unethical because no matter who she is working for, she was a nurse the and well being of her patient should have been her main …show more content…
L. (2001). Protecting Human Research Subjects as Human Research Workers. Protecting Human Research Sujects, 119-127. Retrieved from http://www.annclinlabsci.org/content/31/1/119.full.pdf html
Gupta, U. C. (2013). Informed consent in clinical research: Revisiting few concepts and areas. Perspectives in Clinical Research, 4(1), 26–32. http://doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.106373
Hermann, D. H. (2001). Miss Evers Boys. Journal of Law and Health, 88(3), 147-163.
Landau, E. (2010). Studies show 'dark chapter' of medical research. Retrieved November 03, 2017, from http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/01/guatemala.syphilis.tuskegee/index.html
Protections, O. F. (2016). The Belmont Report. Retrieved November 01, 2017, from https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/index.html
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved November 02, 2017, from http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. (2017, August 30). Retrieved November 03, 2017, from