In the Tuskegee case study, it is clear that many, if not all, of the basic principles were compromised by the research. The research was continued for decades, with many physicians coming and going from the process. The one person who continued from
start to finish was the nurse, Eunice Rivers. In that she obviously acted under direct orders of the physicians, is her conduct subject to ethical censure? Explain your answer.
It is clear that others were involved and that they should be censored for their professional conduct. However, the principles broken were of such a fundamental and basic level that one cannot escape by saying "someone told me to do it.". Nurse Rivers is responsible for her own professional conduct.
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