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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, carried out in Macon, Alabama, from 1932 to 1972, is a notorious episode in the checkered history of medical experimentation. In one of the most economically disadvantaged parts of the U.S., researchers deceived a group of 399 black male syphilitics into participating in a study with no therapeutic value. These “volunteers” were not treated as patients but rather as experimental subjects or walking cadavers. Even after the development of penicillin, the Tuskegee group was denied effective treatment. Despite regularly published scholarly articles, forty years passed before there was any protest in the medical community.
You will be responsible for examining the infamous Tuskegee Experiment and its impact on the way research is conducted in the United States. Please examine the role of government, the aftermath, and what policies have been put in place to ensure this type of event never takes place again. Make sure to include:
A brief overview of what the purpose of the experiment and what occurred during the time this experience was running.
Who were all of the key individuals and entities involved and in what way?
Share your perspective what you feel were the societal impacts of this experiment from both a research policy standpoint as well as any other areas you feel pertinent (i.e.: socioeconomic, skepticism of government, etc.).
Make sure to reference the sources you use and. You should be using credible sources.
