The Case Of The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study Name Institutional Affiliation The Tuskegee Syphilis Study The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is undoubtedly the worst display of racist scientific exploitation that is camouflaged as research. The history of this study is indicative of the extent to which personal prejudices can be used to not only skew research objectives but also to advance malicious personal agendas. Allan Brandt (1978 p. 23) accurately captures these sentiments in his article which intensively assesses the racism that defined the study. At the same time, this article examines the effects of said racism on the participants, and their families, after 40 years of exploitation under the guises of research and treatment for bad blood. While Brandt’s review is thorough, it also does well to capture the gist of the entire study. In it, he notes that this study was a clear manifestation of the extent to which individual attitudes and social values can affect scientific research (Brandt, 1978 p. 25-26). He further calls for great vigilance in...