Re: research ethics

["Doug Waite, MD" <dw432@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the study to which you refer is the Tuskegee study in which the control population with active syphillis was left untreated and went on to develop permanent devastating neurologic deficits from teriary syphillis.--Doug Waite, MD

--On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 11:46 PM -0500 "\"Richard Carrière et Louise Picard\" @" <picard.carriere@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Bill
>
> There is a very good film called Miss Evers Boys that portrays the
> unethical practices of research carried out on a black community in
> Southern United States. I forget the exact name of the study, but it has
> to do with a study of syphyllis amongst the black population. The
> subjects were never truly informed of the purpose of the study and they
> were never administered penincilin once this method of treatment became
> available as the researchers were more interested in studying the
> autoposy reports than in treating the illness.
>
> My students have found this film very useful.
>
> Richard Carrière
> Laurentian University
> School of Social Work
> Sudbury, Ontario
> Canada
>
> bill higgins a écrit:
>
>> I am looking for examples of research ethics -
>> something that agency staff (direct service and agency
>> researchers) can use to understand the issues
>> associated with ethics.  I was thinking about a good
>> article or in-class exercise that social work faculty
>> use to get some of the main points across.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bill
>>
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Doug Waite, MD
Jacob's Ladder
New York, NY