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In the name of science
a history of secret programs, medical research, and human experimentation
By Goliszek, Andrew
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31230-356-3
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
The prohibition against human experimentation is one of science's core ethical values. Even so, it has been violated numerous times over the ages, most often rationalized by good intentions. Biologist Goliszek's history reads like a catalog of horrors, from medical experiments on unknowing human subjects to military tests of new weapons on civilian populations. The author tells these stories in a series of episodic case studies, many ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
