Dangerous Medicine: The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis Halpern Sydney A.
The untold history of American's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage it caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American…
Specifikacia Dangerous Medicine: The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis Halpern Sydney A.
The untold history of American's mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists' aspirations, and the damage it caused human subjectsFrom 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers were attempting to discover the basic features of the disease and the viruses causing it, and develop interventions that would quell recurring outbreaks. Drawing from extensive archival research and in-person interviews, Sydney Halpern traces the hepatitis program from its origins in World War II through its expansion during the initial Cold War years, to its demise in the early 1970s amid outcry over research abuse.The subjects in hepatitis studies were member of stigmatized groups--conscientious objectors, prison inmates, and developmentally disabled adults and children.