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• catalog abstract ""This book describes, in fascinating detail, a variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which people were exposed to radiation without their knowledge. After reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents from the Atomic Energy Commission and other agencies, the Advisory Committee appointed by President Clinton in January 1994 found that nearly 4,000 human radiation experiments--most involving very low doses of radioactive tracers--were sponsored by the federal government between 1944-1974. This book documents these findings to provide a fascinating if not disturbing reminder of both the shocking standards for human experimentation and the practice of government secrecy in recent history. Carried out at the height of the Cold War, experiments included feeding radioactive cereal to teenagers at a school for the mentally retarded, irradiating the testicles of prison inmates, injecting plutonium into hospital patients, and intentional releases of radiation into the environment. The book places these experiments within their historical context, and a review of the relevant government policies and ethics standards at the time is included. The analysis is then applied to contemporary research on human subjects. The book concludes with a discussion of the Committee's key findings and a set of recommendations for changes in institutional review boards, the interpretation of ethics rules and policies, the conduct of research involving military personnel, the oversight and accountability for ethical violations, compensation for research injuries, and balancing national securities interests with the rights of the public. This compelling volume will prove to be a landmark in the development of standards for human experimentation. Ethicists, public health professionals and those interested in the history of medicine and Cold War history will be intrigued by the findings in this volume."--Publisher description (LoC).".
• catalog alternative "Human radiation experiments.".
• catalog contributor b9726592.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description ""This book describes, in fascinating detail, a variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which people were exposed to radiation without their knowledge. After reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents from the Atomic Energy Commission and other agencies, the Advisory Committee appointed by President Clinton in January 1994 found that nearly 4,000 human radiation experiments--most involving very low doses of radioactive tracers--were sponsored by the federal government between 1944-1974. This book documents these findings to provide a fascinating if not disturbing reminder of both the shocking standards for human experimentation and the practice of government secrecy in recent history. Carried out at the height of the Cold War, experiments included feeding radioactive cereal to teenagers at a school for the mentally retarded, irradiating the testicles of prison inmates, injecting plutonium into hospital patients, and intentional releases of radiation into the environment. The book places these experiments within their historical context, and a review of the relevant government policies and ethics standards at the time is included. The analysis is then applied to contemporary research on human subjects. The book concludes with a discussion of the Committee's key findings and a set of recommendations for changes in institutional review boards, the interpretation of ethics rules and policies, the conduct of research involving military personnel, the oversight and accountability for ethical violations, compensation for research injuries, and balancing national securities interests with the rights of the public. This compelling volume will prove to be a landmark in the development of standards for human experimentation. Ethicists, public health professionals and those interested in the history of medicine and Cold War history will be intrigued by the findings in this volume."--Publisher description (LoC).".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xxxii, 620 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Final report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.".
• catalog identifier "0195107926".
• catalog identifier "9780195107920".
• catalog isFormatOf "Final report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Final report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "2009 K-723".
• catalog subject "616.9/897 21".
• catalog subject "Ethics, Medical".
• catalog subject "Ethics, Research United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Ethics, Research United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Federal Government United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Federal Government United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Gene therapy United States.".
• catalog subject "Human Experimentation".
• catalog subject "Human experimentation in medicine United States.".
• catalog subject "Informed Consent United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Informed Consent United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Medical ethics United States.".
• catalog subject "Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation ethics United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation ethics United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Nuclear medicine United States.".
• catalog subject "R853.H8 U53 1996".
• catalog subject "Radiation Effects".
• catalog subject "Radiation Injuries, Experimental United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Radiation Injuries, Experimental United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Radiation victims United States.".
• catalog subject "Radioisotopes diagnostic use".
• catalog subject "Radiotherapy United States.".
• catalog subject "Radiotherapy".
• catalog subject "Research Subjects United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Research Subjects United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "Scientific Misconduct United States Evaluation Studies.".
• catalog subject "Scientific Misconduct United States Guideline.".
• catalog subject "WN 620 U517f 1996".
• catalog title "Final report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.".
• catalog title "Human radiation experiments.".
• catalog type "text".