(REview) Mrs. Evers Boys

What are the ethical considerations seen in the film?

The ethical considerations that Mrs. Evers boys proposed were at the cost of study, how far could the government take it.  The Tuskegee project used human guini pigs and disguised it as a way to benefit the African American cause. They also preyed on the uneducated men, within very important information, and did not fully get their consent to what was going on. The lifelong damage they inflected for the sake of study was inhumane and unethical.

What was the research method used?

The method of research they chose was the placebo effect. They were given no form of actual treatment. Instead, the men were given vitamins and salve that had no purpose.

Do you agree or disagree with the research?

I disagree with the research. They believed it was important for the country to recognize African Americans reacted no differently to syphilis than a white person. It was a completely unnecessary experiment as any doctor at the time could determine physiologically there aren’t any differences.

Do you think the research was beneficial in anyway.

There were no benefits towards the African American cause or the medical cause. It did seem like a convincing argument that in the end of the study it would prove that black and white were no different. But it was the cost of these mens lives. Over 400 men and just 100 left from a preventable and curable deasies. The worst was that the nurse and doctor perpetuated the ignorance of their condition.