Thursday, March 21, 2013

Prisoners as test subjects?

In class today we talked about how the prisoners were volunteering to be part of the tests. Even though they were not being told exactly what test were being done i think this is fine. Yes prisoners may have only been agreeing to the test so that they could feel like they are giving back to society or so that they could get out of the hard labor that they would other wise have to do. But people who are in prison any way you look at it made the choice to put themselves there (yes i know some people are wrongly convicted but were not talking about them) When the person who is in jail gets put there they should have to do something to give back to society. I do not believe that there is a problem with testing drugs on people who are in jail because the people who are there usually have in some way affected the lives of one or more people in society and they should have to pay society back in some way or another.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 21, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    I agree in some ways. I think if the prisoners agree to it then its ok, but I also think they should be informed of whats happening considering in a way they are volunteering their bodies.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 23, 2013 at 8:02 AM

    I think no matter who the patient is if they agree to be part of an experimental study the doctors should be giving full disclosure. I agree with you that it is okay for prisoners to be asked to do testing and to be involved in experiments. Prisoners should be able to say yes or no, still be asked to sign consent forms, and be given full disclosure in any instance of experimentation.

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  3. UnknownMarch 23, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    I agree that prisoners who may have committed a crime who make the choice to take part in tests should have the right to, as should any individual, regardless of their criminal status, but I partially disagree about those wrongly convicted. If a prisoner is wrongly convicted, they may choose to take part in the tests too, as a way to give back to society, or even because they know they may never be released and have their record set straight. In all, I believe that any individual should have the right to consent to volunteer for these test, and in prison it may be more of an incentive to do so because it's not like they are going anywhere any time soon, and there are some who are fortunate who will turn their lives around, but there are also those who will not change and this is one of the few things that pretty much helped them to pass the time.

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