Full title: Against their will : the secret history of medical experimentation on children in cold war America / Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman and Gregory J. Dober.

Author/creator: Newman, Judith L, Dober, Gregory J, Hornblum, Allen M.

Call Numbers: G 2013/3394

Record Identifier: 74VKdeoAav7A

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: x, 266 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm., , , , Introduction: "They'd come for you at night" -- The age of heroic medicine: "At their best, medical men are the highest type yet reached by mankind" -- Eugenics and the devaluing of institutionalized children: "The elimination of defectives" -- World War II, patriotism and the Nuremberg Code: "It was a good code for barbarians" -- Impact of the Cold War on human experimentation: "There weren't any guidelines as I can recall" -- Vaccines: "Institutions for hydrocephalics and other similar unfortunates" -- Skin, dietary, and dental studies: "The kids in these institutions are so desperate for affection" -- Radiation experiments on children: "The littlest dose of radiation possible" -- Psychological treatment: "Lobotomy...is often the starting point in effective treatment" -- Psychological abuse: "I call that brainwashing" -- Reproduction and sexuality experiments: "They treated those girls just as if they were cattle" -- Research misconduct: "Science actually encourages deceit".

Publishers: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.

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DDC: 174.29892

MMS ID: 991020105489702626