Question

Ethics History Questions (Nazi Experiments, Nuremburg Trial, Tuskegee, Belmont Report)

Answer 1

(1) NAZI HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION:-
      Nazi's used to humans as clinical research trials, it was against medical ethics, these following points provide details about these experiments:-
(a) National socialism and fascism- fascism characterised by their rigorous antiliberal and anticommunist stance as well as by their extreme nationalism and racism, their specific populist ideology.
(b) Lack of informed consent and refusal:- humans subjected for experiment have no rights to refuse and consent. They were forcefully used as a slave.
(c) various clinical and medicinal trials.

(2) Nuremberg trials:- A series of trial held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed during world war ii.

(3) Tuskegee:- Study of syphilis in negros, was an infamous clinical trials between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S public health service.
       -The purpose of this study was to observe the natural progression of untreated syphilisin rural African.

(4) Belmont report:- It is one of the leading report concerning ethics and health care research.
   -Its primary purpose is to protect subjects and participants in clinical trials or research studies. - It consists of 3 principles:--
                   beneficence
                    justice
                    respect for persons.