Medical ethics Final Exam Question
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Though the belmot report held that informed consent of the subject is important, it also help that there
will be times when scientific research is of such importance that the actual informed consent of research
subject might be subordinated to the good of society as a whole. Otherwise, some data and isights
would be unobtainable - correct answer ✔False
Inducements such as "extra-credit" and cash payment might subtly coerce some
students/pateints/research subjects to participate in research projects for which they would not
otherwise volunteer - correct answer ✔True
data collected by nazi experimentation on human subject has been deemed unethical; hence, it has not
been used by the scientific community - correct answer ✔false
many in the american medical community were both aware of and gave sustained governmental
support to the tuskegee experiments - correct answer ✔true
the tuskgee experiments came to an end, not because of opposition from within the medical
community, but only after a whistle blower's two years of trying to draw attention to the study were
finally published in the washington times, then the new york times - correct answer ✔true
through penicillin became standard treatment for syphilis by 1947, the subjects of the tuskegee study
were not given this treatment since this was a study of the natural progression of untreated syphilis -
correct answer ✔True
tuskgee study was designed to study how syphilis affected black men as opposed to caucasians. To make
this a true comparative study, in addition to the 600 AA enrolled in one wing of the study, the other
wing further analyzed the untreated effect of syphilis in 600 caucasian men from the same country.
Furthermore, white men were also not given penicillin after it became the standard of treatment for
syphilis - correct answer ✔false
, the names of the subjects in the tuskegee syphilis study were circulated among local physicians to
ensure the men would not receive treatmnet for their syphilis. As a result, those men who did seek
treatment elsewhere were often given placebos rather than proven treatments - correct answer ✔true
the finding from the tuskegee syphilis study play a central role in our understanding of symptons and
course of syphilis - correct answer ✔true
following the standard articulated in the belmont report, bc US army was one of the funders of the
hepatitis studies at willowbrook, the ethics committees that reviewed it at the time required that a sig
part of the research involving hepatitis be done on soldiers and not just the mentally challenged
residents at willowbrook - correct answer ✔false
setting aside whether or not it is ethical, it is a fact that resident of countries such as Uganda are used in
research programs that could not be carried out in sponsoring countried like th US - correct answer
✔true
it is ethically permissible in clinical trials to use a placebo for the control group when there is a known
and effective treatment if that treatment is prohibitively expensive - correct answer ✔false
marcia angell and other in the debate about AIDS in africa quoted from the declaration of helsinki:
."... wellbeing of the subject... every patient.."
True or false: the ethical theory underlying the above statement is more deontological than utilitarian -
correct answer ✔true
in reference to the AIDS studies in Africa, if you find yourself being concerned about whether the
women in the placebo group might be used as a means to an end with no concern for their wellbeing or
the wellbeing of thier children, you are reasoning like a utilitarian, not a deontologist - correct answer
✔False. Deontological
and answer rated A+ 2025/2026
Though the belmot report held that informed consent of the subject is important, it also help that there
will be times when scientific research is of such importance that the actual informed consent of research
subject might be subordinated to the good of society as a whole. Otherwise, some data and isights
would be unobtainable - correct answer ✔False
Inducements such as "extra-credit" and cash payment might subtly coerce some
students/pateints/research subjects to participate in research projects for which they would not
otherwise volunteer - correct answer ✔True
data collected by nazi experimentation on human subject has been deemed unethical; hence, it has not
been used by the scientific community - correct answer ✔false
many in the american medical community were both aware of and gave sustained governmental
support to the tuskegee experiments - correct answer ✔true
the tuskgee experiments came to an end, not because of opposition from within the medical
community, but only after a whistle blower's two years of trying to draw attention to the study were
finally published in the washington times, then the new york times - correct answer ✔true
through penicillin became standard treatment for syphilis by 1947, the subjects of the tuskegee study
were not given this treatment since this was a study of the natural progression of untreated syphilis -
correct answer ✔True
tuskgee study was designed to study how syphilis affected black men as opposed to caucasians. To make
this a true comparative study, in addition to the 600 AA enrolled in one wing of the study, the other
wing further analyzed the untreated effect of syphilis in 600 caucasian men from the same country.
Furthermore, white men were also not given penicillin after it became the standard of treatment for
syphilis - correct answer ✔false
, the names of the subjects in the tuskegee syphilis study were circulated among local physicians to
ensure the men would not receive treatmnet for their syphilis. As a result, those men who did seek
treatment elsewhere were often given placebos rather than proven treatments - correct answer ✔true
the finding from the tuskegee syphilis study play a central role in our understanding of symptons and
course of syphilis - correct answer ✔true
following the standard articulated in the belmont report, bc US army was one of the funders of the
hepatitis studies at willowbrook, the ethics committees that reviewed it at the time required that a sig
part of the research involving hepatitis be done on soldiers and not just the mentally challenged
residents at willowbrook - correct answer ✔false
setting aside whether or not it is ethical, it is a fact that resident of countries such as Uganda are used in
research programs that could not be carried out in sponsoring countried like th US - correct answer
✔true
it is ethically permissible in clinical trials to use a placebo for the control group when there is a known
and effective treatment if that treatment is prohibitively expensive - correct answer ✔false
marcia angell and other in the debate about AIDS in africa quoted from the declaration of helsinki:
."... wellbeing of the subject... every patient.."
True or false: the ethical theory underlying the above statement is more deontological than utilitarian -
correct answer ✔true
in reference to the AIDS studies in Africa, if you find yourself being concerned about whether the
women in the placebo group might be used as a means to an end with no concern for their wellbeing or
the wellbeing of thier children, you are reasoning like a utilitarian, not a deontologist - correct answer
✔False. Deontological
