Defects in the study proved injustice to these African American men. Over one hundred African American men died from complications of the disease, twenty-eight of them died specifically from the syphilis disease itself which could have been prevented had they been given penicillin. The first Nuremberg Code states that participants in any study or research is required to know what the study procedures will consist of, the goal of the study, and of course, receive documented consent from participants. Also, one of the more significance of the Belmont Codes is that this gives permission to the patients when they wish to receive the aid that is proper, which is one element that was neglected during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The male participants were not properly informed of the procedure or goal of the Tuskegee Syphilis
Defects in the study proved injustice to these African American men. Over one hundred African American men died from complications of the disease, twenty-eight of them died specifically from the syphilis disease itself which could have been prevented had they been given penicillin. The first Nuremberg Code states that participants in any study or research is required to know what the study procedures will consist of, the goal of the study, and of course, receive documented consent from participants. Also, one of the more significance of the Belmont Codes is that this gives permission to the patients when they wish to receive the aid that is proper, which is one element that was neglected during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The male participants were not properly informed of the procedure or goal of the Tuskegee Syphilis