Citation

Lederer SE. J. Law Med. Ethics 2011; 39(1): 48-53.

Affiliation

Robert Turell Professor of the History of Medicine and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00548.x

PMID

21314793

Abstract

This article looks at the context of research in treating burns at the dawn of the atomic age. Funded by the Army and other defense agencies, burn research increased as concerns over an atomic attack on an American city intensified.

Language: en