Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Author:Harriet A. Washington [Washington, Harriet A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: African American, Ethics, History, Medical, Non-Fiction, United States
ISBN: 9780767915472
Google: apGhwRt6A7QC
Amazon: 076791547X
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2008-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Ironically, prison research in the United States, including the testicular irradiation research [conducted by Dr. Carl G. Heller and his colleagues during the 1960s], was generally confined to white men, because participating in prison research was considered a privilege, it was denied to minorities—at least until the civil rights movement succeeded in equalizing social opportunities for African Americans, including research opportunities.13

Even the Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), discussed in chapter 9, agreed, noting:

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