ISD II – Infectious Diseases

Ethics/Humanities/Health Law

Background Reading for March 7, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

This package contains:

• “Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment” by Allan M. Brandt
• “When Evil Intrudes” by Arthur L. Caplan
• The 2000 (i.e., most recent) version of the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

Learning Objectives

In this session you will:

• Consider the history of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
• Consider the metaphors at work in discussing disease
• Continue the discussion of research ethics that was begun during the Gastroenterology unit

Article Summaries

• Article summaries will be accepted until March 7, 2003. Please do not write about the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. This is included for your information only.