Medical Experimentation, Prisoner Protections, and Government Liability: A Study on the Violation of Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights during U.S. Experiments in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948

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dc.contributor.authorDurrell, Kenneth
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-28T14:07:37Z
dc.date.available2026-05-28T14:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-08
dc.description.abstractFrom 1946 to 1948, the United States Public Health Services, with the cooperation of Guatemalan government authorities, conducted studies on STD prophylaxis, specifically for chancroid, gonorrhea, and syphilis, using human subjects in Guatemala. The subjects consisted of commercial sex workers, Guatemalan soldiers, mental hospital patients, leprosy patients, and prisoners. This essay analyzes the extent to which these experiments violated the constitutional and legislative protections of prisoners in the United States and Guatemala in the 1940s, as well as how these protections have developed since the 1940s.
dc.format.extent14 pages
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/34906
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherIndiana University South Bend
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLibrary Prize for Undergraduate Research
dc.rightsThis work may be protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.
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dc.subject.lcshHuman experimentation in medicine
dc.subject.lcshMedical Ethics
dc.subject.lcshGuatemala
dc.titleMedical Experimentation, Prisoner Protections, and Government Liability: A Study on the Violation of Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights during U.S. Experiments in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948
dc.typeArticle

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