Foundational Readings in Ethics and Controversies in Human Subjects Research

Readings

Use the Internet and the library to complete the following:

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  • Ethics in Mental Health Research. (2015). Case studies. https://sites.google.com/a/narrativebioethics.com/emhr/contact
    • Read the following case studies:
      • “The Tearoom Trade Study.”
      • “Milgram’s Obedience Studies.”
      • “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study.”
      • “Hepatitis Studies at the Willowbrook State School for Children With Mental Retardation.”
  • Blass, T. (2009). The man who shocked the world: The life and legacy of Stanley Milgram. Basic Books.
    • Chapter 5, “Obedience: The Experience,” pages 75–92.
    • Chapter 6, “Obedience: The Experiment,” pages 93–110.
    • Chapter 7, “Aftershocks,” pages 111–130.
  • Zimbardo, P. G. (2015). Stanford prison experiment. http://www.prisonexp.org/
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). Nuremberg code. https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/doctors-trial/nuremberg-code

National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. (1979). The Belmont report. http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.html

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