2009).
Ultimately, I do not believe it matters if the research studies are exactly 'like Tuskegee.' A fundamental difference between the two is that the African population might not be treated with the full resources of Western medicine had they not participated in the trials, while the men in the Tuskegee study would undeniably have received a penicillin vaccination and lived healthy lives. But merely because a study is not equivalent to Tuskegee does not mean that it does not raise profound moral problems (Ho 1997).
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Gill, N.S. (2012). First do no harm. About.com. Retrieved:
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Ho, D. (1997,). it's AIDS, Not Tuskegee. Time. Retrieved:
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Mamotte, Nicole. (et al. 2009). Convergent ethical issues in HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria vaccine trials in Africa: Report from the WHO/UNAIDS African AIDS Vaccine
Programme's Ethics, Law and Human Rights Collaborating Centre consultation, 10-11
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