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

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 …