Bioethics

The Tuskeegee Study didn't stop until...

• Charles Pollard filed a lawsuit

• Peter Buxtin filed a report

• Peter Buxtin leaked the story to the press

• Charles Pollard wrote a scathing article in The New York Times

Non-itchy rash, mucous membrane lesions, patchy hair loss, swollen lymph nodes. Usually heals w/o a scar within 6 weeks. Painless sore at site of contact. 2-6 weeks after contact.

• Primary stage

• Secondary stage

• Latent stage

• Tertiary stage

6 weeks-6 months after exposure. May last 1-3 months. Rash on hands and soles of feet. Moist, wart-like lesions in groin, white patches on inside of mouth, swollen lymph glands, fever, hairless, and/or weight loss. Goes away w/o treatment.

• Primary stage

• Secondary stage

• Latent stage

• Tertiary stage

Everything goes away. As soon as 1 year to 5-20 years. Accurate diagnosis only through blood testing. Contagious during early part of latent stage; may be contagious when no symptoms present.

• Primary stage

• Secondary stage

• Latent stage

• Tertiary

Gummata (sores inside body or on skin), cardiovascular syphilis, neurosyphilis. Requires multiple injections at weekly intervals. IV penicillin every 4 hours for 2 weeks.

• Primary stage

• Secondary stage

• Latent stage

• Tertiary stage

How does Treponema pallidum gram stain?

• Gram-positive

• Gram-negative

Who filed the class action lawsuit against the Tuskegee Study?

• Charles Pollard

• Peter Buxtin

• Eunice Laurie

Which case study involved feeding radioactive material to orphans and mentally disabled children?

• Operation Plumbbob

• Cold War Human Radiation

• Forced Sterilization

• San Antonio Contraceptive Study

Which study involved testing bombs above ground in nowheresville, Nevada?

• Operation Plumbbob

• Cold War Human Radiation

• Jewish Chronic Disease

• Willowbrook Hepatitis

Which study injected liver cancer cells into 22 senile patients with debilitating disease?

• Willowbrook Hepatitis

• Forced Sterilization

• San Antonio Contraceptive Study

• Jewish Chronic Disease