Re: Ethics in research-quinacrine tragedy

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Hi Rajan,

Please see http://www.jstor.org/pss/4405333 for a brief insight.

On Google there are 169 listings for " unethical intra uterine quinacrine trials

in India " .

Happy hunting and do come out on NetRUM with interesting facts for our members.

Vijay

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> > > > Dear Vijay,

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> > > > Thanks for starting a great series on ethics. Good to read and very

> > > > informative.

> > > > You've written,

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> > > > > It has been accused that lesser developed economies have poor research

> > > > > ethics record, probably because these countries have more pressing

> > > needs

> > > > > otherwise.

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> > > > > If a country has poor human rights record, the research ethics can not

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> > > > > expected to be one up in such countries.

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> > > > > Vijay

> > > > > "

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> > > > I'd like to draw your attention to the Tuskegee trial and Zimbardo's

> > > prison

> > > > experiment in San Franscisco. Tuskegee study (also known as Tuskegree

> > > > Syphilis Experiment) was a longitudinal study where 399 African American

> > > > (Blacks) with syphilis were recruited to study the outcomes or natural

> > > > progression of untreated disease (see

> > > > http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm )

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> > > > In 1971, Philip Zimbardo, a professor at Stanford University conducted

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> > > > experiment to see the effects of psychology of imprisonment at Stanford

> > > > University. Check the website here: http://www.prisonexp.org/

> > > > Zimbardo recently gave a lecture in the TED talks on this experiment

> > > (search

> > > > Google: Ted talks philip zimbardo stanford experiment)

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> > > > These are just a couple of examples to suggest that it's not just the

> > > lesser

> > > > developed economies but the more prosperous countries that violate

> > > normative

> > > > ethics.

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> > > > /Arin Basu

> > > > New Zealand

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