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Review
. 2003 Mar;11(1):27-40.
doi: 10.1023/A:1025333912720.

Milgram and Tuskegee--paradigm research projects in bioethics

Emma Cave  1 , Søren Holm
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Review

Milgram and Tuskegee--paradigm research projects in bioethics

Emma Cave et al. Health Care Anal. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of the Milgram obedience experiments and the Tuskegee syphilis study in the bioethical literature. The two studies are presented and a variety of uses of them identified and discussed. It is argued that the use of these studies as paradigms of problematic research relies on a reduction of their complexity. What is discussed is thus often constructions of these studies that are closer to hypothetical examples than to the real studies.

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