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medical experiments  

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  • The use of inmates for medical experiments is a part of American prison history that tells us as much about society's attitudes toward prisoners as it does about prisoners' willingness to take part in any activity that might enhance their terms of confinement, despite the apparent danger. Despite doctors swearing to the Hippocratic Oath and widespread professional recognition of the ethical mandates of the Nuremberg Code of 1947 (fashioned after the atrocities of Nazi concentration camp experiments were exposed), thousands of inmates throughout the United States participated in hundreds of medical experiments between 1900 and the 1970s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Medical Experiments]

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