Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
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"Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison" is a nonfiction book by Allen M. Hornblum that exposes decades of unethical medical and dermatological experiments conducted on inmates at Philadelphia’s Holmesburg Prison.
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| Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
history book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| addresses |
Nuremberg Code in context of U.S. research
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regulation of human subjects research ⓘ violations of research ethics codes ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
document testimonies of former inmate subjects
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expose unethical medical experiments on prisoners ⓘ |
| author | Allen M. Hornblum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| describes |
financial inducements to prisoners
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lack of informed consent ⓘ long-term health consequences for inmates ⓘ racial and class disparities among subjects ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
University of Pennsylvania-affiliated research
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chemical exposure experiments ⓘ cosmetic testing on inmates ⓘ dermatologist Albert M. Kligman NERFINISHED ⓘ pharmaceutical company–sponsored experiments ⓘ radiation and dioxin-related studies ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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medical ethics literature ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print book ⓘ |
| influenced |
public debate on prisoner research
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scholarship on human subjects protections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holmesburg Prison
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dermatological research ⓘ human experimentation ⓘ informed consent ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ prisoners as research subjects ⓘ research abuses in prisons ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed archival research
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first comprehensive public account of Holmesburg experiments ⓘ |
| placeDescribed | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Routledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfNarrative | Holmesburg Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | phrase used by Albert M. Kligman about prisoners’ skin ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bioethics courses
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criminal justice and prison studies courses ⓘ history of medicine courses ⓘ |
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