Human Medical Experimentation
Subtitle: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Jan 16, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781610698979
Description: "Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present. Offers readers a broad understanding of human experimentation. Reviews experimentation from the point of view of the history of medicine. Covers issues of vulnerable, exploited populations and unethical experimentation. Features introductory and time-period overview essays that add necessary contextual information and primary source documents that support AP and Common Core objectives. Includes specialized bibliographies that serve as a gateway to further study "
Notes: Source title: Human Medical Experimentation: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs