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Lawsuit over 1939 stuttering study tests ethics shift
Mary Nixon and nine other Iowa orphans sued the University of Iowa alleging lifelong psychological harm from the 1939 Monster Study. The suit highlights evolving research ethics, with experts calling the project deeply unethical by modern standards and prompting calls for transparency about pioneers' mistakes.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Mary Nixon
Nixon
University of Iowa
Jane Fraser
Stuttering Foundation
Wendell Johnson
Johnson
Arthur Caplan
University of Pennsylvania
Bioethics Center
Caplan
Tuskegee
Ala
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Institute On
Mary Tudor Jacobs
Kathryn Meacham
Hazel Potter Dornbush
University