Against their will : the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America /...
Against their will : the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America /...
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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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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G 2013/3394
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 266 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: "They'd come for you at night" -- The age of heroic medicine: "At their best, medical men are the highest type yet reached by mankind" -- Eugenics and the devaluing of institutionalized children: "The elimination of defectives" -- World War II, patriotism and the Nuremberg Code: "It wa...
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Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"The sad history of young children, especially institutionalized children, being used as cheap and available test subjects - the raw material for experimentation - started long before the atomic age and went well beyond exposure to radioactive isotopes. Experimental vaccines for hepatitis, measles, polio and other diseases, exploratory therapeutic...
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.
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G 2013/3394
Record Identifier
74VKdeoAav7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdeoAav7A
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ISBN
0230341713 (hardback)
9780230341715 (hardback)
DDC
174.29892
MMS ID
991020105489702626
