Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tuskegee_Study_of_Untreated_Syphilis_in_the_Negro_Male
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Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf medical study
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:President_Bill_Clinton
May 16, 1997
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:United_States_Public_Health_Service
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1972
gptkbp:ethicalViolation lack of informed consent
withholding treatment
deception of participants
gptkbp:exposedBy gptkb:Associated_Press
gptkbp:exposureDate 1972
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male
gptkbp:legacy influence on bioethics
influence on informed consent standards
mistrust of medical institutions
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tuskegee,_Alabama
gptkbp:numberOfControls approximately 201
gptkbp:numberOfSyphilisCases approximately 399
gptkbp:participants approximately 600
gptkbp:populationStudied African American men
gptkbp:purpose observe natural progression of untreated syphilis
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Guatemala_syphilis_experiments
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:National_Research_Act
gptkb:Belmont_Report
gptkb:Office_for_Human_Research_Protections
public outrage
changes in U.S. law
gptkbp:startDate 1932
gptkbp:subject syphilis
gptkbp:treatmentGiven none
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tuskegee_Experiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6