Topic > The ethics of human medical research - 854

The ethics of human research has been an ongoing debate for many years. How far can we take research in the name of science? Does it matter how many or who, if any, get hit along the way? This journal addresses these questions along with others, as it expresses human rights when medical research is involved. Examining the history of medicine, one finds that the United States and many other countries fail to protect those who cannot protect themselves by conducting “medical research” errors. Whose fault is it? It is nearly impossible for an individual to take a drug and recover without side effects. Yet, the demand and expectation for such a miracle drug is so pressing. If medical research had not been conducted, the advances we see today would not exist. With the help of court rulings and the tragic deaths of thousands of people, rules have been established to follow when someone's life is in your hands, in the name of medicine. Authors T. Iacono and R. Carling-Jenkins have done an exceptional job appealing to readers' pathos, while opening up about the difficult times of the Third Reich and the use of statements of fact in those difficult times and the effects on our society Today. .The Third Reich was a disturbing historical period that shaped the way research is conducted today. It was an unethical display of medical research that took place from 1931 until the end of World War II. Iacono and Jenkins explain that “approximately 400,000 people with various types of disabilities were forcibly sterilized to prevent procreation, using inhumane experimental procedures” (Iacono, 1123). Such procedures would include exposing the reproductive parts of women and men to X-rays and the high ... half of the paper ... which is conducted both of value and if the objectives of the researcher(s) are clearly stated. It gave participants a voice, allowing them to weigh the possible benefits and losses of being experimental pigs. Iacono and Jenkins allow you to see the growth in ethical concern the world has undergone using emotional facts. They did an exceptional job of convincing myself, as a reader, of the concerns surrounding medical research and forced experimenters to take responsibility and show what their moral obligations are. Works Cited Iacono, T. and R. Carling-Jenkins. “The human rights context for ethical requirements for the involvement of people with intellectual disabilities in medical research.” Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 56.11 (2012): 1122-1132. CINAHL Plus with full text. Network. January 21st. 2014.