It is a shocking irony that at the same time the Nazi regime was performing horrendous medical experiments on people it had imprisoned, there were public health projects in the the US that disregarded the dignity of individuals in the same way.
These events led, in particular, to Congressional investigations in the 1970s that established the bioethical principles we use today at the heart of scientific investigation using human subjects, as well as the approach to capacity and consent insisted upon in all clinical interactions with patients.
The episode also, disturbingly, points to the reality of racial bias and injustice that still haunts many of our systems and organizations.
How does an appreciation for the dignity of the person along the lines offered by Catholic Social Teaching critique what was allowed to take place in that experiment?
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