Format:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 297 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0203903951
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0415919908
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index
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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
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~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;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9780415919906
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Acres of Skin : Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
Language:
English
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