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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison

Hornblum, Allen M.

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Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Routledge Publishers
ISBN:	0-415-92336-0 (0415923360)
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-92336-1 (9780415923361)
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	1999
Publish Date:	1999
Weight:	0.01 Lbs.
Pages:	320
Carton Quantity:	22
Subject Class:	M-E (Medical Ethics)
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 90 days provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Abstract:

For more than two decades, from the mid-1950's through the mid-1970's, inmates at Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison were used, in exchange for a few dollars, as guinea pigs in a host of medical experiments. Based on in-depth interviews with dozens of prisoners, as well as the doctors and prison officials who performed or enforced these experimental tests, Hornblum paints a disturbing portrait of abuse, moral indifference, and greed.

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