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Participation of medical professionals in American executions; Linda Peeno; Pelvic examinations under anesthesia by medical students without consent; Pit of despair; Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy; The Plutonium Files; Haleigh Poutre; Project Nightingale; Provo Canyon School; Purdue Pharma
Pages in category "Medical scandals in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Particularly controversial was the work of Harvard neurosurgeon Vernon Mark and psychiatrist Frank Ervin, who wrote a book, Violence and the Brain, in 1970. [1] The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research in 1977 endorsed the continued limited use of psychosurgical procedures.
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Medical practitioners convicted of murdering their patients (20 P) Pages in category "Medical scandals" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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Following employment as a medical reviewer for Humana and medical director at Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Plans, she became a critic of how U.S. HMOs drive profits through denial of care. [1] [2] On May 30, 1996, Peeno testified before Congress as to the downside of managed care. [3]
A 1953 article in the medical/scientific journal Clinical Science [110] described a medical experiment in which researchers intentionally blistered the skin on the abdomens of 41 children, who ranged in age from 8 to 14, using cantharide. The study was performed to determine how severely the substance injures/irritates the skin of children.