The University of Cincinnati Experiments 1960-1972 b. Cancer therapy was not the purpose of this research. 2. The Researchers themselves described the purposes of the . experiments in their reports to the Department of defense. The purpose was, “ to provide knowledge of combat effectiveness of troops and to develop additional methods of diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of these injuries.” Statement to Congress April 11, 1994 by David S. Egilman MD, MPH. 12 The University of Cincinnati Experiments 1960-1972 b. Cancer therapy was not the purpose of this research. What manner of cancer treatment psychologically isolates patients and deny them treatment for nausea Statement to Congress April 11, 1994 by David S. Egilman MD, MPH. 13 The University of Cincinnati Experiments 1960-1972 C. Assessing Responsibility 1. Government agencies that funded them and failed to provide adequate ethical safeguards - DOD, ?Medicare and Medicaid. 2. Congress failed to provide adequate oversight. 3. Researchers violated their trust with their patients. 4. Universities failed to provide adequate oversight. 5. Journals that published the work without comment failed to provide adequate oversight. 6. NIH refused to fund the work on ethical grounds kept silent. Statement to Congress April 11, 1994 by David S. Egilman MD, MPH. 14 The University of Cincinnati Experiments 1960-1972 D. Explaining the continuance of the experiments in the face of ethical questions 1. There was a lack of appropriate oversight by the University. 2. There was lack of appropriate oversight by the Medical Community a) ACR The fishing buddy reviewer b) The Ohio board of medical licensure c) The Cincinnati Medical Society Statement to Congress April 11, 1994 by David S. Egilman MD, MPH. 15 The University of Cincinnati Experiments 1960-1972 D. Explaining the continuance of the experiments in the face of ethical questions 3. There was lack of appropriate oversight by the Congress Senator Taft vigorously obstructed a potential senate investigation. There was lack of appropriate oversight by the Department of Defense. Who reviewed this work while it was being conducted? Is there a current investigation of this research? Were there violations of medicare or medicaid rules? If it is true that the DOD only funded researcher salaries, overhead and travel money then public funds paid for these experiments. The press failed in its oversight role. Permitted the uncontroverted comments of the researchers and universities to stand alone as reports on these experiments. Statement to Congress April 11, 1994 by David S. Egilman MD, MPH. 16 |