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Medicine's Wounds Amy Pham
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Through modern history, many tragedies have shown how ethics in medicine have progressed backward from the initial decorum that was established over 2,600 years ago in the Hippocratic Oath. Eras in which human experimentation required no consent, contained no modern ethics, and were based on morals generated by unprincipled standards, embodied how medicine could've hurt more than it has helped. Join Amy as she ventures into history to dig up some of the most unethical cases in medical research that has left deep wounds in communities, despite the research that they create.
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Introducing Medicine’s Wounds
Throughout eons of history, humans have always managed to find a way to heal, regardless of whether or not it proved to be effective or not. The way medicine has evolved over time, indeed, is one of humankind’s most astonishing advancements. Or is it? Why does history show only the results of dangerous trials, and not who or how people got in involved? What flaws does the system still enclose? Even through almost 2000 years of ethics supposedly applied in medicine, horror stories still circulate about how researchers and doctors falsify records about their actions. This podcast, premiering on August 25th, will get into the cracks and crevices of medical history untold in textbooks.