The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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It also highlights the position of the medical staff and gives them the power to terminate a research study effort if participants are put in danger or suffering takes place. An additional conclusion of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was that the creation of The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. In 1974 this organization was started for the purpose of approving regulations which guarantee that the trial participants were fully informed and consent was given legally and ethically. They also require that the studies that involve human test subjects should be reviewed by the Institutional Review boards in order to make sure that all procedures and events taking place during the study

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