What are the four principles of ethics? - ANSWER Autonomy, Respect for the person
Beneficence, Do Good
Non-malfeasance, Do No Harm
Justice
How did Seawater, Hypothermia & High Altitude Experiments at Dachau and the Twin
Studies in Auschwitz fail to apply the four principles of justice? - ANSWER Deliberate
Phosphorus Burn to Test Medications at Buchenwald
Name something the 1948 - Nuremberg Code proposed. - ANSWER Voluntary informed
consent
Likelihood of some good resulting
Based on prior research animal models
Avoidance of physical or psychological injury or harm
Benefits should outweigh risks
Proper experience of researcher
, Right to withdraw consent
Research must stop if harm is resulting
What did the 1932- 1972: Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Alabama do/did not do? - ANSWER
Received free medical exams
Were not told about their diagnosis
Penicillin was available in the 1950s and subjects were not informed PCN was a cure for
syphilis
Some subjects were diagnosed by other HCPs, but the researchers prevented
treatment
Name one thing the 1964 - Declaration of Helsinki proposed. - ANSWER Research with
humans should be based on the results from laboratory and animal experimentation
Research protocols should be reviewed by an independent committee prior to initiation
Informed consent of participants
Research should be conducted by medically/scientifically qualified persons
Risks should not exceed benefits
IRB: What is an IRB and how does it help ensure biomedical research is conducted in a
safe and ethical manner? - ANSWER Institutional Review Boards-any board, committee,
or other group formally designated by an institution to review, to approve the initiation
of, and to conduct periodic review of, biomedical research involving human subjects.
The primary purpose of such review is to assure the protection of the rights and welfare
of the human subjects.
IRBs ensure that: