First, do no harm: the US sexually transmitted disease experiments in Guatemala.
First, do no harm: the US sexually transmitted disease experiments in Guatemala.
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2013.301520
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发表时间：
2013-12
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
García R
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作者：
Rodriguez MA;García R
从1946年开始，美国政府以不道德和不道德的方式--可以说是非法的--参与了研究实验，在这些实验中，5000多名不知情和不知情的危地马拉人故意感染了导致性传播疾病的细菌。许多人一直没有得到治疗，直到今天。尽管美国总统奥巴马在2010年道歉，尽管美国总统生物伦理问题研究委员会发现危地马拉的实验在道德上是错误的，但几乎没有采取任何措施来补偿受害者及其家人。我们探讨了这种不道德的医学研究和侵犯人权的背景，并呼吁美国采取步骤，向危地马拉及其人民提供救济和赔偿。
Beginning in 1946, the United States government immorally and unethically—and, arguably, illegally—engaged in research experiments in which more than 5000 uninformed and unconsenting Guatemalan people were intentionally infected with bacteria that cause sexually transmitted diseases. Many have been left untreated to the present day. Although US President Barack Obama apologized in 2010, and although the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues found the Guatemalan experiments morally wrong, little if anything has been done to compensate the victims and their families. We explore the backdrop for this unethical medical research and violation of human rights and call for steps the United States should take to provide relief and compensation to Guatemala and its people.