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June 19, 2009
An informal experimentation tragedy
Anders Sandberg writes about the case of Yolanda Cox in the Practical Ethics article Not better than the alternative: an informal experimentation tragedy.
Police are reinvestigating the 2007 death of Yolanda Cox, a woman who collapsed in anaphylactic shock after being injected with an experimental drug by her sister, a GP. The drug was developed by their mother, originally intended to treat diabetes but apparently believed to extend lifespan. After testing on diabetic patients and apparently themselves without any apparent side effects the mother and sister gave it to the woman three times, with tragic consequences the third time. Was it a failure of medical ethics, research ethics - or plain psychological bias?
Posted by Waldemar at June 19, 2009 03:05 PM