The Whistle-BlowerThe Whistle-Blower : The Story of One Man's Battle Against the Medical Establishment.
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- computer
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- 9781789551020
- 174.28
- R489.P246 .S453 2017
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Professor Martin Gore -- Preface by Sir Anthony Seldon -- Preface by Joanna Seldon -- Introduction: When doctors become torturers: why the whistle had to blow -- Chapter One: From Lomza to Liverpool: a healer's hinterland -- Chapter Two: Roots and branches: a family in search of home -- Chapter Three: Prejudice and pride: a doctor at war and peace -- Chapter Four: Guru and showman: a great teacher at work -- Chapter Five: Breaking the silence: a rebel and his cause -- Chapter Six: The whistle blows: the book and the storm -- Chapter Seven: The patient's champion, the doctor's conscience: a career in controversy -- Chapter Eight: Gratitude and solitude: a prophet honoured and a man alone -- Conclusion: The Pappworth legacy: compassion, courage, attention -- Afterword: Our father, Maurice Pappworth -- Index.
Whistle-blowers tend not to be very popular. Maurice Pappworth's whistle was in the form of Human Guinea Pigs, the controversial book published in 1967 which examined unethical medical experimentation on humans and identified the researchers and institutions responsible.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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