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1998., Routledge Call No: 174 Hor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the experiences of the prisoners at Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison who were used as guinea pigs in dangerous medical experiments.
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2011., Juvenile, Greenhaven Press/Gale, Cengage Learning Call No: 174.22 THO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issueSummary Note: "The Ethics of Medical Testing: Modern Medical Testing Is Shaped by a Troubled Legacy; Strict Guidelines Ensure Safe and Ethical Medical testing on Humans; Medical Testing on Humans Can Be Dangerous and Corrupt; Review Boards Are Inadequate to Ensure Ethical Medical Testing; Medical Testing on Prisoners Is Unethical and Should Be Outlawed; Medical Testing on Prisoners Can Be Done Ethically; Medical Testing on Children Involves Unique Considerations; Special Rules Help Ensure Medical Testing in Vulnerable Populations Remains Ethical; Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary; Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Both Ethical and Essential; Genetic Testing Ushers in a New Era of Ethical Considerations; Prenatal Genetic Testing Creates Ethical Dilemmas for Parents; International Standards for Medical Testing Are Essential to Prevent Ethical Abuses; Medical Testing In Developing Countries Is Conducted Ethically; Ethicists Disagree About Medical Testing Without Consent During Crises"--
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[2014], Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: HI-INT 174.28 WIT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Traces the history of human medical experimentation from the 1700s to today. Describes the experiments done on unwilling or unknowing patients that violated the patients' rights even though they led to new medical discoveries, cures, and procedures. Includes photographs, critical thinking questions, and sources of additional information.
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[2014], Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 174.28 Wit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the history of human medical experimentation from the 1700s to today. Describes the experiments done on unwilling or unknowing patients that violated the patients' rights even though they led to new medical discoveries, cures, and procedures. Includes photographs, critical thinking questions, and sources of additional information.
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[2014]., Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 174.2 8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Infants deprived of vitamins; prisoners infected with malaria; pregnant women fed radioactive iron. Medical advancement has not come without human suffering. Includes critical thinking questions.
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[2014]., Adolescent, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 174.21 WIT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the history of human experimentation and its impact on medical discoveries.
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2008., Adolescent, Rosen Pub. Group Call No: 616.9041 GER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Scientific American cutting-edge scienceSummary Note: Examines a variety of drugs and vaccines to combat germs as well as emerging enemies, including anthrax and chronic wasting disease.
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c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: LIfe Science Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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c2010., Crown Publishers Call No: 616 SKL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: 616 SKL Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:51 of 60 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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c2010., Crown Publishers Call No: Realistic 616.02 Skl Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
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c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: Realistic 616.02 Skl Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
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[2017]., Broadway Books Call No: 616 .02774 092 Edition: First Movie Tie-in paperback edition. Availability:11 of 12 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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p2010., 123000., Random House Audio Call No: RB 616 SKL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
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2013., ReferencePoint Press Call No: 174.21 SZU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In controversySummary Note: A collection of essays that discuss both sides of the ethical debate on human embryo experimentation.
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c2012., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: Dystopian FIC Wells Book 1 Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a war with artificially engineered beings known as Partials, humanity's numbers have been left in the tens of thousands. With a weaponized virus created by the Partials ravaging the population, sixteen-year-old medic Kira realizes that humanity's last chance for survival may lie in discovering the long-forgotten link between humans and Partials.
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c2012., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: Science Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Cover image Summary Note: A war with Partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has devastated the human population due to a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, and Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, discovers that a connection between humans and Partials may be the key to saving both races.
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2015., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: REALISTIC F CAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Teenaged Audie pushes her mind and body to the breaking point when she participates in a series of clinical drug trials for cash.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a brief picture book biography of virologist Jonas Salk, the man who invented the vaccine for polio and changed the world. Discusses Salk's early life and how he became a doctor and researcher, ultimately leading to his discovery of the polio vaccine.
