I n the Dec. 1, 1985 issue of CMAJ (133: 1169-1171) Dr. Seidelman ends his article by
saying" if Mengele could have been brought to justice, what should have been on trial would …

Experimentation on human beings is so difficult to justify that the attempt is seldom even
made. Usually its justification is simply assumed, and vague notions of progress or national …

Nazi medicine is commonly considered to be an aberration that began and ended with the
horrors of the Hitler regime. But its beginnings were more gradual and its legacy more …

Of the many outraged comments that the trial and conviction of Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin
precipitated throughout the nation, that in the Washington Post was one of the harshest:" By …

To the Editor.—The article by Dr Seidelman 1 describes the important role thatJAMAitself
played in promulgating the emerging horrors through its news reports describing the policy …

When Caspar Weinberger, then Secretary of HEW, published a series of so-called utilization-
review regulations in the Federal Register, in November, 1974, the medical profession was …

The authors attempted to support their proposal with casu-istic reasoning and slanted,
selective use of available data. They asserted that “treatment and the obligations it places on …

The Dutch are known for practicality, fierce independence, moral integrity, free-thought, and
defense of civil liberties. Under Nazi occupation, Dutch physicians successfully resisted …

Eike-Henner Kluge, who was named head of the CMA's new Division of Medical Ethics and
Legal Affairs earlier this year, is a nationally known expert on medical ethics. Fromtime to …

On January 2, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed," that some limited accidental damage has
occurred—at a hospital the enemy calls Bach Mai."* An associate dean at Yale University …