Human Guinea Pigs
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| Author | Maurice Pappworth |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Medical ethics |
| Publisher | Routledge and Kegan Paul |
Publication date | 1967 |
Human Guinea Pigs: Experimentation on Man is a book about unethical human experimentation, written by Maurice Pappworth and published by Routledge and Kegan Paul in 1967. In the 1970s the book prompted a change in the regulation of human research.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The book is an expansion of an essay by Maurice Pappworth that appeared in a 1962 issue of the journal Twentieth Century.[7]