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Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research (Bioethics and the Humanities)

By William R. LaFleur , Gernot Böhme , Susumu Shimazono

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0253348722, 9780253348722
LCC
R853.H8 D37 2007
Open Library ID
OL10228850M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2842662 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
280\282
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Time added
2011-06-05 16:23:19

Description

The trial of the "German doctors" exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological experimentation during the Korean War. This collection of essays looks at the dark medical research conducted during and after World War II. Contributors describe this research, how it was brought to light, and the rationalizations of those who perpetrated and benefited from it.

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