The Tuskegee Syphilis Study Violated Several Ethical Principles in Which

question 10

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study violated several ethical principles in which way?

• A) Coercion of subjects to participate in the study in exchange for treatment
• B) Failing to inform subjects about the purpose and procedures in the study
• C) Failing to inform in the Centers for Disease Control about the results of the study
• D) Not informing the subjects' physicians that they were in the study

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Definitions:

Independent

When two events or variables have no direct influence on each other in a statistical context.

Conditional Probability

The probability of an event occurring given the occurrence of another event.

P(A And B)

The likelihood of both events A and B happening simultaneously.

P(A Or B)

The probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events A or B.