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Human Rights in Clinical Trials

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What measures are taken today to protect the rights of patients included in clinial trials?

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This solution discusses changes to human rights for clinical trials that were brought about after the Tuskeegee Study controversy.

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The Tuskegee Project began in 1932 and continued until 1972. It was run by the US Public Health Service. The purpose of the project was to study the natural progression of syphilis. Black men in the rural south, with latent untreated syphilis, were recruited under the promise of free medical examinations and ...

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