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Acres of Skin : Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison.
Based on experiments on inmates in Philadelphia's Holmsburg Prison in the 1950s-1970s, this book raises provocative questions about human rights, prison treatment and medical and research ethics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; The Nuremberg Code; Introduction; A Note on Sources; ~The Money Was Good and the Money Was Easy.~ Inmates recall life and experiments at Holmesburg Prison; ~It Was Like a Farmer Seeing a Fertile Field.~ Dr. Albert M. Kligman enters Holmesburg; ~They're Dropping Like Flies Out Here.~ History of U.S. prisoner experimentation; ~The Walls Seemed To Be Breathing.~ The Army tests chemical warfare agents; ~I Am Not Part of the Program.~ Radioactive isotopes are introduced; ~Danger! This Material Is Extremely Toxic.~ The dioxin experiments.
- ~Where Are We Going To Do These Things Now?~ The slow demise of inmate experimentation~Retin-A's Birthplace Was at Holmesburg Prison.~ The discovery of Retin-A; ~A Conspiracy of Silence.~ Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.