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The Occasional Human Sacrifice

Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No

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The Occasional Human Sacrifice

By: Carl Elliott
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
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Shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, sometimes at the expense of their careers.

The Occasional Human Sacrifice is an intellectual inquiry into the moral struggle that whistleblowers face and why it is not the kind of struggle that most people imagine.

Carl Elliott is a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota who was trained in medicine as well as philosophy. For many years he fought for an external inquiry into a psychiatric research study at his own university in which an especially vulnerable patient lost his life. Elliott’s efforts alienated friends and colleagues. The university stonewalled him and denied wrongdoing until a state investigation finally vindicated his claims.

©2024 Carl Elliot (P)2024 Audible, Inc. Medicine & Health Care Industry Medical Ethics
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Narration is clear.

Clear recounting of numerous medical research and practices violating important ethics guidelines. Obviously, we cannot accept at face value error-free medical research claims.

Medical research at its worst.

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I liked how the book dives deeply into the possible psychological or philosophical underpinnings of what makes a whistle blower. The stories and facts themselves are extremely appalling. The selection of the stories also show a balance of varying outcomes, not all are positive. I really appreciate this collection and the commentary on the various stories and contexts. A MUST READ for all researchers and anyone who reads research manuscripts.

More than just the facts

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This book manages to take an interesting topic, and makes it boring. The author goes on too many side tangents.

Boring

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