Unethical Human Experimentation Should Be Outlawed Essay — страница 3

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is found to be negligent in the way it treats animals, or doesn’t meet the standard, research money can be withdrawn. There is no such penalty in place for centers partaking in human research” (2). Researchers have free rein of their patients with little supervision or laws to prevent unethical treatment. In order to insure that humans are being treated ethically in experiments, more laws on ethics need to be created. Until there are more laws with strict enforcement of them, unethical human research will still continue. Even the idea of a board that would review the experiments in which humans were used would help to make sure they were preformed ethically. Experiments that use humans as subjects have advanced, and will continue to advance the field of medicine and help to

find cures for diseases. They are an essential part of medicine. According to the article in Government Account Office Report, Clinical trials generate the evidence base for decision-making in all areas of medicine, and they can be especially important for patients with serious or life threatening health conditions that have limited treatment options. For those patients, participation in a clinical trial-a formal investigation of the effects of an experimental intervention on people-may offer the best chance of finding an effective treatment. (1) Human experimentation needs to continue but with a more ethical approach. Laws need to be made to ensure that patients are being treated ethically. Researchers need to follow guidelines for choosing populations, ensuring the safety and

well being of their patients, receiving consent, and giving a through account of what exactly the experiment entails. If all of this was done, human experimentation would be looked upon much more highly and everyone could benefit from it.