Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical

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Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America

During the Cold War, an alliance between American scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and the US military pushed the medical establishment into ethically fraught territory. Against Their Will reveals the little-known history of unethical and dangerous medical experimentation on children in the United States. Through rare interviews and the personal correspondence of renowned medical investigators, Hornblum, Newman, and Dober document how children from infants to teenagers, became human research subjects in terrifying experiments. They were drafted as "volunteers" to test vaccines, doused with ringworm, subjected to electric shock, given lobotomies, and exposed to chemical warfare agents. This groundbreaking book shows how institutional superintendents influenced by eugenics often turned these children over to scientific researchers without a second thought. Based on years of archival research, this is an important and disturbing look at the dark underbelly of American medical history.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Hornblum, Allen M./ Newman, Judith Lynn/ Dober, Gregory J.
EAN	9781137279422
ISBN	1137279427
Label	St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer	St. Martin's Griffin
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2014-09-02
Publisher	St. Martin's Griffin
ReleaseDate	2014-09-02
Studio	St. Martin's Griffin

Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America