may 5, 1931 - Example One of Why We Need Ethics in Science: The Tuskegee Study 1931-72
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Clark and Vondelehr, two doctors, decide to study syphilis using African Americans. Over the course of forty one years, they lied to the 399 participants, telling them they had "bad blood" and refusing to give them treatment. They went so far as to keep them from enrolling in the army to keep them from treatment.
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Disease Through History: Important Points in Human Civilization As Told Through Illness
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