For anyone who thought the apology by the USA president (about medical experiments carried out on prisoners, and mental health patients in Guatemala in the 1940's), was a shocking, but isolated event in the history of ConMed - think again! Medical 'science' has an horrific past, stretching back to the 19th century.
The USA-sponsored 'medical' research was carried out in psychiatric hospitals, intentionally infecting patients with syphilis, without their knowledge, in order to test the 'effectiveness' of penicillin!
But surely, Conventional Medicine does not do this sort of thing regularly?
Natural News have published a list of numerous other examples of medical 'science' abusing patients. You absolutely must read this list. Crimes against humanity have clearly been perpetrated by ConMed since the 19th century - and a very long list of them.
http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_medical_experiments_Guatemala.html
The USA-sponsored 'medical' research was carried out in psychiatric hospitals, intentionally infecting patients with syphilis, without their knowledge, in order to test the 'effectiveness' of penicillin!
But surely, Conventional Medicine does not do this sort of thing regularly?
Natural News have published a list of numerous other examples of medical 'science' abusing patients. You absolutely must read this list. Crimes against humanity have clearly been perpetrated by ConMed since the 19th century - and a very long list of them.
http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_medical_experiments_Guatemala.html
The Nuremberg Trials, after the 2nd World War, led to drawing up certain 'codes' or 'directives' about human experimentation. These were an attempt to prevent the kind of medical experiments undertaken by the Nazis during the 1930's and 1940's. These codes talk about:
* 'voluntary consent' being 'absolutely essential',
* the consent should be freely given, without duress,
* to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury,
* the research should not lead to disabling, or death,
* the individual should be able to end his/her involvement at any time.
and much else besides. When you look through the descriptions of these 'medical experiments', ascertain for yourself how many meet these criteria! And then make a judgement about the morality upon which such 'scientific experimentation' was based. Then, finally, compare and contrast the way the public is being asked to test drugs like Thalidomide, HRT, Vioxx, Avandia, and many others.