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Author Jones, Ronald W. (Obstetrician and gynecologist), author.

Title Doctors in denial : the forgotten women in the 'unfortunate experiment' / Ronald W. Jones
Published Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago, 2017
Wellington, New Zealand : MeBooks

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some colour)
Contents Foreword / Neville hacker -- Introduction -- 1. A professorial appointment -- 2. The evolution of a misbelief -- 3. An unnecessary experiment -- 4. Expressions of concern -- 5. Whitewash -- 6. Phoebe's story -- 7. Nineteen eighty-four -- 8. Annus horribilis -- 9. Irreconcilable differences -- 10. Aftermath -- 11. Right or wrong: heal or harm? -- 12. Mabel's story -- 13. A profession divided -- 14. Mea culpa -- Epilogue -- Postscript: Revisionism and denial -- Appendix: Summary of the main findings of the Cartwright Inquiry
Summary A first-hand account by one of the doctors who exposed the truth at National Women's Hospital. Jones sets the record straight with his personal story: a story of the unnecessary suffering of countless women, a story of professional arrogance and misplaced loyalties, and a story of doctors in denial of the truth
Notes Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in EPUB. Nz
Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title may not be functional. Nz
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
SUBJECT National Women's Hospital (Auckland, N.Z.) fast
Subject Human experimentation in medicine -- New Zealand
Gynecologists -- Professional ethics -- New Zealand
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Research -- New Zealand
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Research
Cervix uteri -- Cancer -- Treatment
Human experimentation in medicine
Medical ethics
Women's health services
New Zealand
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780947522629
094752262X