Human Radiation Experiments Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
1st Edition
Published on 9. May 1996
655 pages
978-0-19-977140-0 (ISBN)
Description
This landmark volume describes experiments and environmental releases carried out or funded by U.S. government agencies in which people were exposed to radiation, usually in low doses, without their knowledge. It provides a historical review of government standards for human experiments, examines current ethics policies, and recommends changes.
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The Human Radiation Experiments
Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
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05/1996
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Remarks
- Preface
- Introduction: The Atomic Century
- PART I: Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective
- Overview
- 1. Government Standards for Human Experiments: The 1940s and 1950s
- 2. Postwar Professional Standards and Practices for Human Experiments
- 3. Government Standards for Human Experiments: The 1960s and 1970s
- 4. Ethics Standards in Retrospect
- PART II: Case Studies
- Overview
- 5. Experiments with Plutonium, Uranium, and Polonium
- 6. The AEC Program of Radioisotope Distribution
- 7. Nontherapeutic Research on Children
- 8. Total-Body Irradiation: Problems When Research and Treatment Are Intertwined
- 9. Prisoners: A Captive Research Population
- 10. Atomic Veterans: Human Experimentation in Connection with Bomb Tests
- 11. Intentional Releases: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy
- 12. Observational Data Gathering
- 13. Secrecy, Human Radiation Experiments, and Intentional Releases
- PART III: Contemporary Projects
- Overview
- 14. Current Federal Policies Governing Human Subjects Research
- 15- Research Proposal Review Project
- 16. Subject Interview Study
- Discussion of Part III
- PART IV: Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future
- Overview
- 17. Findings
- 18. Recommendations
- STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE MEMBER JAY KATZ
- OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- Executive Order
- Charter
- APPENDICES
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Glossary
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- Selected Bibliography
- Public Comment Participants
- A Citizen's Guide to the Nation's Archives: Where the Records Are and How to Find Them
- Index
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