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The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No by Carl Elliott
11corvus11's review against another edition
4.0
Probably a longer review later, but this was an interesting mix of memoir, history, ethics, and sociology mixed together and captured very well what happens to folks who speak out against the group, especially if the group has a lot of power and one is fighting it alone. Left me feeling both validated and depressed.
marycamp24's review against another edition
4.0
Incredible! The introduction is rough - naming Judas as a whistleblower is a mess, but the content of the book is a must read. It'll upturn all your thoughts about medical ethics.
elise_dragon13's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
booksydame's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I laughed at the end line about not forgetting his enemies. I'm not sure what I expected here, but ended up with informative rage reading. This is a well put together book that is heartbreaking in its descriptions of inhumane liberties taken with patients across various studies.