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History of U S prisoner and patient medical experiments
AP review reveals decades of federal and local studies infecting mentally ill patients and inmates with diseases, pollen, or cancer cells from the 1940s to the 1970s. Notable cases include hepatitis, malaria, and the Guatemala syphilis apology backdrop, sparking reforms and ethical scrutiny.
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Atlanta
U.S
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Washington
Presidential
Guatemala
US S
United States
Associated Press
Medical Journal
Tuskegee
Alabama
Arthur Caplan
University of Pennsylvania
Center For Bioethics
Laura Stark
Wesleyan University
Ypsilanti
Mich
Jonas Salk
W. Paul Havens Jr
Middletown
Norwich
Conn
New York State Vocational Institution
West Coxsackie
Ancel Keys
Patuxent
Jessup
Federal
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Joseph Goldberger
Mississippi
L.L. Stanley
San Quentin
California
Stanley
San Quentin Penitentiary
Washington Post
Stateville Penitentiary
Illinois
Pacific
Brooklyn
William Hyman
Staten Island
Willowbrook State School
Susan Beverby
Wellesley College
Holmesburg
Philadelphia
Edward “Yusef” Anthony
Anthony
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Caplan