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This paper discusses the use of the Milgram obedience experiments and the Tuskegee syphilis study in the bioethical literature. The two studies are presented and a variety of uses of them identified and discussed. It is argued that the use of these studies as paradigms of problematic research relies on a reduction of their complexity. What is discussed is thus often constructions of these studies that are closer to hypothetical examples than to the real studies.
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Cave, E., Holm, S. Milgram and Tuskegee—Paradigm Research Projects in Bioethics. Health Care Analysis 11, 27–40 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025333912720
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