Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research

by William R. LaFleur

Book Overview

The trial of the "German doctors" exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological experimentation during the Korean War. This collection of essays looks at the dark medical research conducted during and after World War II. Contributors describe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220416
• ISBN13: 9780253220417
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher