The Human Radiation Experiments: Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments...

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments Ruth Faden

The Human Radiation Experiments

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Ruth Faden

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Oxford University Press Inc
09 May 1996

Medical ethics & professional conduct; Medical research; Environmental factors; Nuclear medicine

This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.S. government in which human subjects were exposed to radiation, often without their knowledge or consent. Based on a review of hundreds of thousands of heretofore unavailable or classified documents, this Report tells a gripping story of the intricate relationship between science and the state. Under the thick veil of government secrecy, researchers conducted experiments that ranged from the mundane to such egregious violations as administering radioactive tracers to mentally retarded teenagers, injecting plutonium into hospital patients, and intentionally releasing radiation into the environment. This volume concludes with a discussion of the Committee's key findings and guidelines for changes in institutional review boards, ethics rules and policies, and balancing national security interests with individual rights. Ethicists, public health professionals and those interested in the history of medicine and Cold War history will be intrigued by the findings of this landmark report.

By: Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
Edited by: Ruth Faden
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 186mm, Width: 261mm, Spine: 50mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780195107920
ISBN 10: 0195107926
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 09 May 1996
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Remarks by President William J. Clinton Introduction: The Atomic Century I. Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective 1: Government Standards for Human Experiments: The 1940's and 1950's 2: Postwar Professional Standards and Practice for Human Experiments 3: Government Standards for Human Experiments: The 1960s and 1970s 4: Ethics Standards in Retrospect II. Case Studies 5: Experiments with Plutonium, Uranium, and Polonium 6: The AEC Program of Radioisotope Distribution 7: Nontherapeutic Research on Children 8: Total-Body Irradiation: Problems When Research and Treatment Are Intertwined 9: Prisoners: A Captive Research Population 10: Atomic Veterans: Human Experimentation in Connection with Bomb Tests 11: Intentional Releases: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy 12: Observational Data Gathering 13: Secrecy, Human Radiation Experiments, and Intentional Releases III. Contemporary Projects 14: Current Federal Policies Governing Human Subjects Research 15: Research Proposal Review Project 16: Subject Interview Study IV. Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future 17: Findings 18: Recommendations Official Documents Appendices Index

About the Committee: On January 15, 1994, President Clinton appointed the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments to investigate reports of possibly unethical experiments funded by the government decades ago. The members of the Advisory Committee included fourteen private citizens from around the country: a representative of the general public, and thirteen experts in bioethics, radiation oncology and biology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, public health, history of science and medicine, and law. The Advisory Committee submitted its final report to the President in late 1995, and this book contains the entire text of the report. It also includes the full text of the President's remarks in acceptance of the report and a complete index.

Reviews for The Human Radiation Experiments: Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

The committee has built an archive that will be of invaluable use to anyone concerned with the past or future of human experimentation, indeed, to anyone intent on keeping government responsive to its citizens. --Journal of the American Medical Association Excellent. Comprehensive, detailed, authoritative and clear ly written. --Canadian Medical Association Journal ...an intriguing read: part cold war history, part careful review of voluminous files, part commentary on the status of human subjects research historically and in the contemporary period, and part illustration of the state of bioethics research methodology as applied to public policy. --Hastings Center Report