Section 1
Miss Evers’ Boys is a true story based on the U.S Government’s 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis experiment. This experiment contained 600 black men, 399 of them had syphilis and the other 201 did not, they were the control group. There was no consent given by these men, they thought they were being treated but they were not. They promised these men hot meals and free medical exams. It follows Ms. Evers, a nurse who is aware of the Tuskegee Experiment and what harm it is doing to this individual, but feels the need to involve people of her community in the effort to find a cure. Kantian Deontology was present in the film when the patients that were being used for the experiment were misinformed about their medical status. Patients were being lied to about something that in the end affected their health and lives. Many of the patients died. You cannot lie to someone about medical issues, certain principles and rules must be followed even if the outcome is not what you expected. Another unethical issue that took place in the movie was that the medical service was not …show more content…
Informed consent is a big issue, these men were not receiving medical treatment, which is what they gave consent for. They were being tested and going through a lot of pain, just to not receive the cure in the end. The medical staff was lying to these men and not even treating them like human beings. Also, the original agreement was for the study to be carried out for six months to a year. After which the men would be the first to receive treatment for the illness. Given these conditions their actions were justifiable, because they saw the study as the only means for the men to get the needed health care. The doctor’s reason for do the study was the need “to wipe out the idea of the mechanism of disease being related to race”. These actions amount to a serious violation of the patients trust and their basic human rights and