The Human Radiation Experiments
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195107926 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 656 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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This volume concludes with a discussion of the Committee's key findings and guidelines for changes in institutional review boards, ethics rules and policies, and balancing national security interests with individual rights. Based on a review of hundreds of thousands of heretofore unavailable or classified documents, this Report tells a gripping story of the intricate relationship between science and the state.Under the thick veil of government secrecy, researchers conducted experiments that ranged from the mundane to such egregious violations as administering radioactive tracers to mentally retarded teenagers, injecting plutonium into hospital patients, and intentionally releasing radiation into the environment. government in which human subjects were exposed to radiation, often without their knowledge or consent. This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. Ethicists, public health professionals and those interested
The members of the Advisory Committee included fourteen private citizens from around the country: a representative of the general public, and thirteen experts in bioethics, radiation oncology and biology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, public health, history of science and medicine, and law.Th
"Excellent scientific treatment of a very difficult subject." according to A Customer. For the first time, an interested reader is able to find a clear treatment of a very sensitive issue in one comprehensive volume. The report presents the facts with a minimum of editorial or political "spin" and represents a critical step forward in our understanding of the Cold War's effects on innocent civilians as well as our atomic veterans, wh. Not a very smooth read I have no idea of the accuracy or inaccuracy of the information in this book, but as a medical student and engineer and interested reader, I can say it is not a smooth read. You must wade through many wordy paragraphs to find small nuggets of poorly organized information. I find it difficult to believe that this was a "report" -- you certainly can'. "A Waste Of My Time" "The Final Account of The Advisory Committee On Radiation Experiments" was a piece of governmental and military "PR"It's intent was to entertain the naive and satisfy the the DOE, DOD and other agencies, That set forth to close the books on unethical experimentation that took place during the Cold-War era. The report in some references is pureficti
Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative and clear ly written."--Canadian Medical Association Journal"an intriguing read: part cold war history, part careful review of voluminous files, part commentary on the status of human subjects research historically and in the contemporary period, and part illustration of the state of bioethics research methodology as applied to public policy."--Hastings Center Report . "The committee has built an archive that will be of invaluable use to anyone concerned with the past or future of human experimentation, indeed, to anyone intent on keeping government responsive to its citizens."--Journal of the American Medical Association"Excellent