Information on Protection of Human Subjects in Research Funded or Regulated by U.S. Government

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dc.contributor.authorU.S. Department of Health and, Human Services
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:09Z
dc.description.abstractToday, a researcher who is compliant with current Federal regulations would not be able to conduct a study, domestically or in another country, with the ethical violations present in the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Inoculation Study. The history of biomedical research in the U.S., 1940-1970’s: There was tremendous growth in research around World War II. Human subjects research entered what some scholars have described as an “unashamedly utilitarian phase.” Subjects were often institutionalized individuals who were not always fully informed of the risks of the study or asked for consent. Infectious disease research, particularly venereal diseases, was a focus of the U.S. government because of the toll diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea were taking on the armed services. One method for studying infectious disease was by intentionally infecting subjects with the disease-causing pathogen. Prisoners were commonly used because they were easily monitored in a highly controlled environment. Dr. Cutler was a researcher on two such studies: infection of prisoners with gonorrhea at the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute (1943) and with syphilis at Sing Sing Correctional Facility (1953).
dc.description.urihttps://www.hhs.gov/1946inoculationstudy/protection.html
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/jxdd-vdkl
dc.identifier.citationU.S. Department of Health and, Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Information on Protection of Human Subjects in Research Funded or Regulated by U.S. Government. UNSPECIFIED.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2469
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23162
dc.subjectBioethics
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectUS Department of Health and Human Services
dc.subjectSexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Inoculation Study
dc.subjectJohn C. Cutler
dc.subjectGuatemala
dc.subjectsexually transmitted diseases
dc.subjectsyphilis studies
dc.subjectGonorrhea studies
dc.subjectexperiments
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectmedical
dc.subjecthuman rights abuses
dc.subjectinfection
dc.subjectresearch subjects
dc.titleInformation on Protection of Human Subjects in Research Funded or Regulated by U.S. Government
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