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[Medical experimentation on prisoners (part 4): the dilemma of 'pros' and 'cons'.]
Meriem Gaddas1, Maher Jedidi2, Mehdi Ben Khelil3
1Service de Physiologie et Explorations Fonctionnelles -EPS Farhat HACHED, Sousse-Université de Sousse Tunisie.
Abstract:
Given the long history of abuse of prisoners in medical experimentation, it is understandable that additional safeguards have been established to protect this social category. However, the debate between the detractors and the supporters of the medical experimentation in the prison environment is still going on. The present history note, the fourth in a series on medical experimentation on prisoners, intended to relate the main arguments of both sides: ie; the detractors and supporters of medical experimentation on prisoners.
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