Human Guinea Pigs: Experimentation on Man is a book about unethical human experimentation, written by Maurice Pappworth and published by Routledge and Kegan Paul in 1967. In the 1970s the book prompted a change in the regulation of human research.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Human Guinea Pigs: Experimentation on Man
AuthorMaurice Pappworth
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedical ethics
PublisherRoutledge and Kegan Paul
Publication date
1967

Background

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The book is an expansion of an essay by Maurice Pappworth that appeared in a 1962 issue of the journal Twentieth Century.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ford, Amasa B. (6 May 1968). "Human Guinea Pigs: Experimentation on Man". JAMA. 204 (6): 552. doi:10.1001/jama.1968.03140190134023. ISSN 0098-7484. PMC 2385104.
  2. ^ "Human guinea pigs. Experimentation on man". The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 19 (95): 364. June 1970. PMC 2237321.
  3. ^ Merskey, H. (1967). "Human Guinea Pigs Experimentation on Man". Mental Health. 26 (3): 38. PMC 5092581.
  4. ^ Baker, Robert (2020). "18. Human guinea-pigs: Mellanby, Pappworth and Club Regulation". In Rasmussen, Lisa M. (ed.). Human Guinea Pigs, by Kenneth Mellanby: A Reprint with Commentaries. Switzerland: Springer. p. 118. ISBN 978-3-030-37697-0.
  5. ^ Elliott, Carl (June 2008). "Pappworth's Guinea Pigs". BioSocieties. 3 (2): 147–149. doi:10.1017/S1745855208006078. ISSN 1745-8560.
  6. ^ Eastwood, M. (3 December 2009). "Human Guinea Pigs". BMJ. 339 (dec03 2): b5114. doi:10.1136/bmj.b5114. ISSN 0959-8138.
  7. ^ Cooper, John (2003). "11. Jewish consultants after the Second World War". Pride Versus Prejudice: Jewish Doctors and Lawyers in England, 1890-1990. Liverpool University Press. pp. 276–277. ISBN 978-1-906764-42-5.

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