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Category - Non Fiction / Social Science
Format - Paperback
Condition - New
Listed - 2 months ago
Ships From - Illinois
Est. Publication Date - Jan 2012
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During the Cold War, an alliance between American scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and the US military pushed the medical establishment into ethically fraught territory. Doctors and scientists at prestigious institutions were pressured to produce medical advances to compete with the perceived threats coming from the Soviet Union.
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Against Their Will: North Carolina's Sterilization Program
ISBN: 9780941062169
Publisher Description
This award-winning series led to an apology from the North Carolina governor and the first legislation in the nation seeking to compensate victims of eugenics, or involuntary sterilization. For more t...
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