Stephens The Treatment

The Story of Those Who Died in the Cincinnati Radiation Tests
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8375-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 372 Seiten

A revealing exposé on extreme radiation experiments performed on unknowing cancer patients during the 1960s which caused their deaths.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephens, Martha

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Prologue

Part One: The Story of the Press and the Public Campaign

1. The First Public Knowledge of the Tests

2. 1994 and a Secret Drawer Reopened

3. The Press in Full Flower

4. African Americans Lost and Found

5. The Back Files

6. Testimonies

7. Author’s Intermezzo

Part Two: The Medical Story

8. The Mother Without a Name

9. The Final Years

10. The Experiments Must Cease

Part Three: The Legal Story

11. A Civil Action

12. An Angry Judge

13. The Case Closed

Appendix 1. Table of Cincinnati Radiations

Appendix 2. Hearing Testimony of Eugene Saenger

Notes

Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martha Stephens was for many years Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of The Question of Flannery O’Connor, the novels Cast a Wistful Eye and Children of the World. An activist for many years, Stephens was the first to break the story of this scandalous project and continues to work for justice for the victims and their families.