Acres of Skin - Allen M. Hornblum

Acres of Skin

Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
Buch | Softcover
335 Seiten
1999
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-92336-1 (ISBN)
44,85 inkl. MwSt
Based on experiments on inmates in Philadelphia's Holmsburg Prison in the 1950s-1970s, this book raises provocative questions about human rights, prison treatment and medical and research ethics.
At a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison.

Allen M. Hornblum teaches Urban Studies at Temple University. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Prison System and as the Chief of Staff of Philadelphia's Sheriff's Office.

Introduction Part One The Subjects, the Doctors, and the Experiments 1. “The Money Was Good and the Money Was Easy.” Inmates recall life and experiments at Holmesburg Prison 2. “It Was Like a Farmer Seeing a Fertile Field.” Dr. Albert M.Kligman enters Holmesburg Part Two Twentieth-Century American Penal Experimentation 3. “They’re Dropping Like Flies Out Here.” History of U.S. prisoner experimentation Part Three Cruel and Unusual Experiments 4.“The Walls Seemed To Be Breathing.” The Army tests chemical warfare agents 5.“I Am Not Part of the Program.” Radioactive isotopes are introduced 6.“Danger! This Material Is Extremely Toxic.” The dioxin experiments Part Four The End of Experimentation at Holmesburg 7.“Where Are We Going To Do These Things Now?” The slow demise of inmate experimentation 8.“Retin-A®’s Birthplace Was at Holmesburg Prison.” The discovery of Retin-A® 9.“A Conspiracy of Silence.” Conclusion

Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 468 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-92336-0 / 0415923360
ISBN-13 978-0-415-92336-1 / 9780415923361
Zustand Neuware
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