A Horrible Experiment.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient presented to my office who had been tortured in the course of a wartime medical experiment many years ago. Seeing him prompted me to explore my personal reaction to his case and to reflect on the history of the ethics of medical experimentation in the 20th century.
Medical subject headings
- Human Experimentation
- Prisoners of War
- Torture
- World War II