The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is a study that began in 1932 in order to study the progression of untreated syphilis in black men. The study was originally supposed to last for 6 months but went on until 1972. It started off with a total of 600 men and out of these men, 399 had syphilis while 201 did not have syphilis. As compensation for their participation in this study, the men received free meals, free medical examinations and burial insurance. This paper is my analysis of the research ethics of…
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