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This Albert Sabin and Bioethics: Testing at the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory lesson plan also includes:
- Bioethics and Albert Sabin
- Dr. Sabin’s letter to Dr. Lapp
- Dr. Sabin’s letter to Dr. McKay
- Letter From Inmate to Dr. Sabin
- Dr. Sabin’s Reply to Inmate’s Letter
- Medical Testing Using Prison Inmates
- Albert Sabin and Bioethics: What Do I Know About Albert Sabin and Polio?
- Polio Vaccine Studies and the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory
- Chillicothe Federal Reformatory Study Background Information
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Do the ends justify the means? Getting a drug approved in the US is a long and involved process. But at some point out, it involves testing on humans. The ethics of such testing is the focus of a resource that uses Dr. Albert Sabin's testing of his polio vaccine on inmates at the Chilliothe Federal Reformatory to explore bioethics. Participants examine primary source documents and then take a position on the question of whether or not it was ethical for Dr. Sabin to use prisoners as human test subjects for his oral vaccine.
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- To present the case for extensive testing of drugs, carefully consider introducing the use of and consequences of using thalidomide as a treatment for morning sickness
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