Ethically impossible : STD research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

Series:

Presidential commission for the study of bioethical issues.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Public Health Service.

United States.

Cutler, John C (John Charles), 1915-2003.

United States Public Health Service.

Sexually transmitted diseases--Research--Guatemala.

Sexually transmitted diseases.

Sexually transmitted diseases--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Guatemala.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases--transmission.

Human Experimentation--ethics.

Human Experimentation--history.

Serologic Tests--ethics.

Ethics, Research--history.

Ethics, Medical--history.

History, 20th Century.

Guatemala.

Sexually transmitted diseases--Research.

Medical Subjects:

Cutler, John C (John Charles), 1915-2003.

United States Public Health Service.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases--transmission.

Human Experimentation--ethics.

Human Experimentation--history.

Serologic Tests--ethics.

Ethics, Research--history.

Ethics, Medical--history.

History, 20th Century.

Guatemala.

United States.

Genre:

Online book.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 209 pages : illustrations, portraits.

Other Title:

STD research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, [2011]

Summary:

In response to a request by President Barak Obama on November 24, 2010, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues oversaw a thorough fact-finding investigation into the specifics of the U.S. Public Health Service-led studies in Guatemala involving the intentional exposure and infection of vulnerable populations. Following a nine-month intensive investigation, the Commission has concluded that the Guatemala experiments involved gross violations of ethics as judged against both the standards of today and the researchers' own understanding of applicable contemporaneous practices. It is the Commission's firm belief that many of the actions undertaken in Guatemala were especially egregious moral wrongs because many of the individuals involved held positions of public institutional responsibility. The best thing we can do as a country when faced with a dark chapter is to bring it to light. The Commission has worked hard to provide an unvarnished ethical analysis to both honor the victims and make sure events such as these never happen again.

Contents:

Preface

Background

Guatemala Experiments 1946-1948

The post-Cutler continuation of the Guatemala experiments and final reports 1948-1955

Publication of the Guatemala data

Afterword

Reviewing ethical standards in context.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

OCLC:

761081121