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The Experiment Must Continue is a beautifully articulated ethnographic history of medical experimentation in East Africa from 1940 through 2014. In it, Melissa Graboyes combines her training in public health and in history to treat her subject with the dual sensitivities of a medical ethicist and a fine historian. She breathes life into the fascinating histories of research on human subjects, elucidating the hopes of the interventionists and the experiences of the putative beneficiaries. Historical case studies highlight failed attempts to eliminate tropical diseases, while modern examples…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2015Ohio University Press · 336 pages · 9780821421734
- Hardcover · English · 2015Ohio University Press · 336 pages · 9780821421727
- Other · English · 2015Experiment Must ContinueOhio University Press · 9780821445341
Medical ethicsHuman experimentation in medicineAfrica, historyMedicine, africaHuman ExperimentationHistory, 21st CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyBiomedical Research