Against their will : (Record no. 22329)

MARC details
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012051032
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780230341715 (trade)
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 0230341713
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 174.2/9892
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Hornblum, Allen M.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Against their will :
Subtitle the secret history of medical experimentation on children in Cold War America /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Allen M. Hornblum, Judith L. Newman and Gregory J. Dober.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York, NY :
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan,
Date c2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 266 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 25 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-259) and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Documents the use, in Cold War America, of children institutionalized in public facilities as test subjects in dangerous medical experiments in which they were used to test vaccines, study the effects of LSD and radioactive foods, and try out radical procedures such as electric shock treatments and lobotomies.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Pediatrics
General Research
-- Moral and ethical aspects
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Children
General Research
-- Moral and ethical aspects
Form United States.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Human experimentation in medicine
Form United States
General History
Chronological 20th century.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Medicine
General Research
Form United States
General Ethical aspects.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Children and research
General Ethical aspects.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Human experimentation in medicine
Form United States
General History
Chronological 20th century.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading SCIENCE / History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects.
ADDED ENTRY
Personal name Newman, Judith L.
ADDED ENTRY
Personal name Dober, Gregory J.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 174.29892 HO AG T0049734 32.69 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 17/11/2013 UOW Unishop