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Taschenbuch: 371 Seiten
Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Auflage: New Ed (18. Januar 2001)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0415928354
ISBN-13: 978-0415928359
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 2,3 x 1,6 x 0,3 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.1 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (7 Kundenrezensionen)

Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.045.194 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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A thoughtful look into the unfortunate penchant of 20th-century governments to test deadly weapons on their own citizens. In 1994, Moreno, a professor of medical ethics at the University of Virginia, was asked to join a presidential commission studying the effects of government radiation research on human subjects. (These experiments were first uncovered by journalist Eileen Welsome, whose new book The Plutonium Files, p. 1041, describes them in detail.) Here he recounts his experiences on the commission, but, more, he lifts his eyes from bureaucratic paperwork to consider the history of secret state testing of such horrors as anthrax, mustard gas, Zyklon B, Agent Orange, and other toxic brews on unfortunate subjects ranging from prisoners of war, garden-variety criminals, and civil service employees to military personnel. Morenos approach is that of a medical ethicist, and throughout he examines questions of disclosure and foreknowledge, claiming that human experiments . . . are probably unavoidable in the real world of national security. Unavoidable, perhaps, but those experiments have had a range of possible outcomes. With the Nazi doctorsa huge class of medical personnel who, it seems, welcomed the chance to conduct evil teststhe result was almost always death, for if the test persons did not die in the experiment, they were usually killed so that witnesses would be eliminated. For the technocrats whose tinkerings with science may have resulted in illness among thousands of US veterans of the Gulf War, the results were less lethalbut no less sinister. Morenos text is studded with interesting sidelights, among them the evolution of a code of medical ethics following the Nuremberg trials, and detours into little-known factsamong them the curious case of the murderer Nathan Leopold (of Leopold and Loeb infamy), who volunteered to be a test subject for antimalarial drugs during WWII, wanting to do his bit for the war effort. An always interestingand often troublingforay into matters about which we know far too little. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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"An earnest, often chilling account of the experiments with chemical and biological agents as well as radiation. "Undue Risk strongly supports [Moreno's] contention that the rights of human subjects deserve to be held paramount over any needs of national security."
-Daniel J. Kevels, "The New York Times Book Review
"A thoughtful look into the unfortunate penchant of 20th-century governments to test deadly weapons on their own citizens."
-"Kirkus Reviews
"Between 1949 and 1969, the U.S. Army conducted over 200 "field tests" as part of its biological warfare research program, releasing infectious bacterial agents in cities across the U.S. without informing residents of the exposed areas, Moreno reveals in this chilling, meticulously documented casebook."
-" Publisher's Weekly
"Although each chapter deals with a different set of experiments, the author weaves these studies together into a seamless account that is well-organized and fascinating to read. One appealing facet of the book is the many interesting tangents it takes. Moreno's book is an effective means to stir debate on the ethical issues involved in experimentation involving human subjects."
-" The Left Atrium

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What an interesting and insightful book 2. Juni 2000

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Mr. Moreno's stunning account of experiments done by the Nazis was very interesting. His great writing made the book a page turner and I applaud Mr. Moreno for writing it. I am looking forward to reading more of his books.

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Undue Risk = Undue Errors 14. Januar 2000

Von Ein Kunde

Although I have read only a few excerpts from this book it appears to be full of errors and unfounded statements. An example, the military hallucigen BZ is called benzodiazepine, which it decidedly is not. BZ is 3 quinuclidinyl benzilate, a benzilate a member of the gylcolates. While this one example may seem unimportant to some readers, the cumulative effect of all the errors, misstatements and distortions of fact totally defeat the credibility of the book. This is very disheartening for an area that does need truthful and thoughtful discussion, without artificially created sensationalism. I would suggest that anyone reading this book, keep chemical and medical textbooks handy to check facts. Unfortunately for those people mentioned in the book, it will be difficult to check facts and innocent scientists will wind up maligned. The book is so riddled with mistakes and errors, it is hard to give it any credit.

Moreno unmasks the evil and human cost of government secrecy 7. November 1999

Von H. W. Cummins

We are fortunate Jonathan Moreno did dare and took the time to write "Undue Risk." Not only does he inform, he has the courage to take a stand. A person of the caliber of David Kevles of California Institute of Technology says in his New York Times Book Review ". . . the historical record that he presents in ''Undue Risk'' strongly supports his contention that the rights of human subjects deserve to be held paramount over any needs of national security." Anyone familiar with the work of the President's Committee on Human Radiation Experiments knows it was anything but a whitewash. While flawed it is the most thorough review of documents surrounding this sad, sad chapter of our nations recent history. The experiments were outrageous attacks against human rights. I am co-founder of the Human Experiments Litigation Project which successfully filed seven suits against the experimenters. I commend Moreno for his in depth research, excellent grasp of the entire range of experiments, his concern for the sanctity of human life and ability to tell this story with a clear demarcation between fact and opinion. The more people who read this book, the more our chance as a society of remembering just a bit longer the lessons of science gone amuck.