Medicine's Wounds

Amy Pham

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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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.