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Autore |
Hornblum Allen M |
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Titolo |
Acres of skin [[electronic resource] ] : human experiments at Holmesburg Prison : a story of abuse and exploitation in the name of medical science / / Allen M. Hornblum |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-00162-2 |
1-134-00165-7 |
1-280-07108-7 |
9786610071081 |
0-585-44737-3 |
0-203-90395-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human experimentation in medicine - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
Prisoners - Medical care - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
Convict labor - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
Dermatology - Research - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. |
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