Assignment task:
Topic: The Tuskegee Experiment
Find information from your text and/or from other reputable sources. Provide a brief, yet thorough overview of the experiment and the ethical problems involved in the scenario. Cite your sources.
Discuss which of the three major principles from the Belmont Report (1. Respect for Persons, 2. Beneficence, 3. Justice) are violated in the situation you chose. Discuss all that are applicable. This requires that you not only identify the principle but explain how/why it was violated.
Discuss how the requirement of Informed Consent is essential to preventing the ethical issues you have identified and how its requirement in your chosen situation would now protect a participant. Looking for Assignment Help?
Resources:
YouTube Video: Henrietta Lacks, the Tuskegee Experiment, and Ethical Data Collection: Crash Course Statistics #12
YouTube Video: Research Ethics | Ethics in Research