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Letters Medical information from Nazi atrocities

Acknowledge, in the curriculum, those who suffered for the advancement of medical science

BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m714 (Published 25 February 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m714
  1. Rageshri Dhairyawan, consultant in genitourinary medicine
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  1. rageshri.dhairyawan@nhs.net

As a genitourinary physician I was taught about the Tuskegee syphilis experiment during my training, where it was acknowledged that much of what we know about syphilis was obtained unethically.1 It is now taught more widely as part of research ethics training. Much less known, however, are the Guatemalan syphilis experiments, carried out by the US government on soldiers, sex …

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