This textbook for instruction in biomedical research ethics can also serve as a valuable
reference for professionals in the field of bioethics. The 149 cases included in the book are
grouped in nine chapters, each of which covers a key area of debate in the field. Some of the
case studies are classics, including the famous cases of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (in
which subjects with syphilis were not given treatment) and the Willowbrook hepatitis studies
(in which institutionalized subjects were intentionally exposed to hepatitis). Others focus on …