Peter Buxtun (The man who brought this to the public eye)
In this case the most important elements are the damage done to the victims with the syphilis but more importantly to the good will that a government has between with it's people. In this case the syphilis victims very were for the most part damaged beyond repair, and most had already died. The greater reparation in this case would have to come in the form of reforms in the governments handling of future medical studies to make sure that this type of breech never happens again.
I accidentally erased LC's post, sorry.
ReplyDeleteMy response to his/her question to whether I thought a payoff was sufficient.
No, formal apologies are a must in cases like this, but the main issue here is the policy reform regarding medical ethics, to prevent future disastrous studies like this.