Nuremberg and Tuskegee: Lessons for contemporary American medicine

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1216-1225

  Pressel, David M ^a,b  

^a Alfred I duPont Hosp for Children ^*

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eugenics; Medical ethics; Nazi doctors; Tuskgee Syphlis Study

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EUGENICS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PREJUDICE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346362492     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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