Theme: Unethical experimentation

Potilaiden ja terveydenhuollon ammattilaisten välinen vuoropuhelu on tuottavinta, jos sitä ohjaa empatia ja potilaalla on mahdollisuus saada vahvistusta asenteidensa taustalla oleville syille ja kokea olevansa ymmärretty. Siksi on tärkeää ymmärtää yleisten mielipiteiden takana olevat taustasyyt. Ihmisen asenteen taustalla olevan taustasyyn vahvistaminen ei tarkoita, että meidän olisi oltava samaa mieltä hänen väitteensä kaikista yksityiskohdista. Voimme esimerkiksi tunnustaa, että

The ethics of vaccination need to be considered very carefully. It is good to be critical and demand high ethical standards when developing medical treatments. There are very strict international guidelines for clinical trials involving people, but these have not always been adhered to as they should. For example, marginalised groups have been subjected to abuses in the past, such as during the second world war and in the Tuskagee experiment. Although cases like these are increasingly rare and quickly become notorious, it can be difficult to trust healthcare systems that have mistreated in the past. It is important to acknowledge that such mistreatment did occur and it is therefore understandable why an individual would be concerned about the ethics of clinical vaccine trials.