Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research (Bioethics and the Humanities) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253348722 ISBN 13: 9780253348722

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The trial of the "German doctors" exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological experimentation during the Korean War. This collection of essays looks at the dark medical research conducted during and after World War II. Contributors describe this research, how it was brought to light, and the rationalizations of those who perpetrated and benefited from it.

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About the Author

William R. LaFleur is the E. Dale Saunders Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan.

Gernot Böhme recently retired as Professor of Philosophy at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. His books in English include Coping with Science and Ethics in Context: The Art of Dealing with Serious Questions.

Susumu Shimazono is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tokyo and serves on the Japanese prime minister's advisory panel on bioethics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253348722
• ISBN 13: 9780253348722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: LaFleur William R., Bohme Gernot, Shimazono Susumu