Introduction to Epidemiology 6th Edition by Ray M Merrill

Exercise 11

List five ethical problems that occurred in the Tuskegee syphilis study.

Step 1 of 2

In the United States, the Public Health Service Act of 1985 identified the establishment of institutional review boards (IRBs). These boards are established at the institution level to assess plans for research involving human subjects and protect the welfare and rights of the people. Thus, the establishment of IRBs in various countries get effectively led to the severe problems causes Tuskegee syphilis study. It majorly assessed the natural kind of syphilis that is reported in untreated black males from Macon country, Alabama.