Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health: Documents and EssaysJohn Harley Warner, Janet Ann Tighe This text presents a carefully selected group of readings on medical history and development that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. |
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... Human Experimentation , 1953 It is considered axiomatic that the purpose of medical research , perhaps in contrast with more general research , is to discover , improve , or extend information regard- ing man , his functions , and his ...
... Human Experimentation , 1953 It is considered axiomatic that the purpose of medical research , perhaps in contrast with more general research , is to discover , improve , or extend information regard- ing man , his functions , and his ...
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... human beings , in its broadest meaning and for the good of the individual patient , takes place continually in every doctor's office . Hence the general question of human experi- mentation is one of degree rather than of kind ...
... human beings , in its broadest meaning and for the good of the individual patient , takes place continually in every doctor's office . Hence the general question of human experi- mentation is one of degree rather than of kind ...
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... human bodies . Some of the laws explicitly noted the physician's responsibility to obtain consent from family members before a post - mortem exam- ination . As attorney George Weinmann noted in 1929 , " the general rule is that the ...
... human bodies . Some of the laws explicitly noted the physician's responsibility to obtain consent from family members before a post - mortem exam- ination . As attorney George Weinmann noted in 1929 , " the general rule is that the ...
Contents
Susan Reverby and David Rosner Medical Culture and Historical Practice | 3 |
Charles E Rosenberg Medicines Institutional History and Its Policy | 9 |
James T Patterson Disease in the History of Medicine and Public Health | 17 |
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