Tuskegee Syphilis
Shelove Coqmard
September 22, 2014
Assignment week 5
1. Tuskegee Syphilis research could not be conducted today because people of all races are more aware of diseases that today society has now than they were back then. Also people now days want to be treated for the diseases that they have whether than experimented with. People in today’s society are also more aware of the researches that are taking place to not allow this type of study to be conducted.
2. The public should have not allowed this type of research to be conducted. In the research study on page 264 in our textbook it states “ the public was outraged that poor black men had been subjected to a research project without their consent and denied treatment for a treatable disease in an attempt to gain what was seen as useless information”. The public in this research did not know anything about this research until the 1960s when a researcher working for the U.S. Public Health Service tried to have the project ended but when that didn’t work he notified the press and ultimately the project was stopped.
3. The American Counseling Association (ACA) developed a Code of Ethics (COE) so that counselors were bound to follow and to uphold the integrity of the profession. The code of ethics has a specific area devoted directly to research and how procedures should be handled. In the Tuskegee Syphilis study deception was a huge part. In addition, the Code of Ethics clearly states that informed consent is an absolute must order to properly conduct experiment as well there should be no deception within the study. The researchers are responsible for the well-being of their subjects and should take precautions to avoid harm in any way.
September 22, 2014
Assignment week 5
1. Tuskegee Syphilis research could not be conducted today because people of all races are more aware of diseases that today society has now than they were back then. Also people now days want to be treated for the diseases that they have whether than experimented with. People in today’s society are also more aware of the researches that are taking place to not allow this type of study to be conducted.
2. The public should have not allowed this type of research to be conducted. In the research study on page 264 in our textbook it states “ the public was outraged that poor black men had been subjected to a research project without their consent and denied treatment for a treatable disease in an attempt to gain what was seen as useless information”. The public in this research did not know anything about this research until the 1960s when a researcher working for the U.S. Public Health Service tried to have the project ended but when that didn’t work he notified the press and ultimately the project was stopped.
3. The American Counseling Association (ACA) developed a Code of Ethics (COE) so that counselors were bound to follow and to uphold the integrity of the profession. The code of ethics has a specific area devoted directly to research and how procedures should be handled. In the Tuskegee Syphilis study deception was a huge part. In addition, the Code of Ethics clearly states that informed consent is an absolute must order to properly conduct experiment as well there should be no deception within the study. The researchers are responsible for the well-being of their subjects and should take precautions to avoid harm in any way.