Bibliograph

Against their will, the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America, Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman and Gregory J. Dober

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Against their will, the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America, Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman and Gregory J. Dober

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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Against their will

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Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman and Gregory J. Dober

Sub title

the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America

Summary

"...Bereft of legal status or protectors, institutionalized children were often the test subjects of choice for medical researchers hoping to discover a new vaccine, prove a new theory, or publish an article in a respected medical journal. Many took advantage of the opportunity. One would be hard-pressed to identify a researcher whose professional career was cut short because he incorporated week-old infants, ward-bound juvenile epileptics, or the profoundly retarded in his experiments. In short, involuntary, non-therapeutic, and dangerous experiments on children were far from an unusual or dishonorable endeavor during the last century"--, Provided by publisher

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Secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America

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