A history of the 'unfortunate experiment' at National Women's Hospital
By: Linda Bryder.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781869404352
Subjects: Women -- Diseases; Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Treatment -- New Zealand; Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Treatment; Cancer -- Patients -- Medical care -- New Zealand; Women's health services -- New Zealand; Medical ethics -- New Zealand
Description: "In the late 1980s, a national outcry followed the publication of Sandra Coney and Phillida Bunkle's 'Unfortunate experiment' article in Metro magazine about the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Women's Hospital. Medical historian Linda Bryder tackles a number of key questions. Was treatment at National Women's an 'unfortunate experiment'? Was it out of line with international norms? Did Herb Green and his colleagues care more for science than for their patients? Did women die as a result? And what were the sources of the scandal that erupted?" -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.