Contested medicine : cancer research and the military /

In the 1960s University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. But, under contract with the Department of Defense, Saenger also used those same patients as proxies f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kutcher, Gerald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1900-1999
Cancer > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History > 20th century.
Clinical trials > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Radiation > Physiological effect > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Medicine, Military > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Human Experimentation > ethics
Neoplasms > radiotherapy
Clinical Trials as Topic > ethics
Military Medicine > history
Whole-Body Irradiation > history
Cancer > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Études cliniques > Aspect moral > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rayonnement > Effets physiologiques > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine militaire > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
Cancer > Research
Clinical trials > Moral and ethical aspects
Human experimentation in medicine
Medicine, Military > Research
Radiation > Physiological effect > Research
Klinisches Experiment
Krebs > Medizin
Medizinische Ethik
Militärmedizin
Strahlentherapie
Cancer > forskning > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
United States
USA
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cancer clinical trials
  • The production of trustworthy knowledge
  • Military medicine and cancer therapy
  • Cancer patients as proxy soldiers
  • A cancer patient's story
  • Peer review
  • Public disclosure
  • Ethical judgment.

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