They were cheap and available: prisoners as research subjects in twentieth century America

BMJ. 1997 Nov 29;315(7120):1437-41. doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7120.1437.
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Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Disclosure
  • Ethical Theory
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Federal Government
  • Government Regulation
  • History, 20th Century
  • Human Experimentation*
  • Humans
  • Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation*
  • Patient Selection
  • Prisoners*
  • Research Subjects
  • Social Change
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • World War II