America's military biomedical complex : law, ethics, and the drive for scientific innovation / Efthimios Parasidis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parasidis, Efthimios, 1975- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weapons of mass destruction--History.

Weapons of mass destruction.

Medicine--Research--United States--History.

Medicine.

Medical ethics--United States--History.

Medical ethics.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'America's Military Biomedical Complex' shows how the drive for scientific and military superiority has shifted the moral compass of government and society, detailing scores of examples where untoward conduct has been rationalized as necessary to promote national security and achieve military goals. The book traces the fascinating story of how laws and ethical codes have co-evolved with the nation's military science pursuits, dating back to the founding of America. Without passing retrospective judgment, it explores the moral calculus conducted by decision-makers at key moments in military science. This analysis reveals that officials were keenly aware of ethical dilemmas, but nonetheless chose to engage in risky (and sometimes unlawful) activities to further pressing national security goals.

Contents:

Military medicine during the American revolutionary war

Revolution to Civil War : medical struggles and innovations

A postbellum renaissance in military medicine and research

Military medicine during World War I

Chemical warfare : expanding the scope of military medical affairs

The military biomedical complex during the interwar period

World War II : transformational development in military medicine and research

Justice at Nuremberg : establishing principles of research ethics

The spoils of war : exploiting the German and Japanese research enterprises

Radiation experiments and atomic weapons research

Expanding America's biological and chemical warfare programs

A global military biomedical establishment

Military medicine and the Persian Gulf War

New laws to facilitate the development and administration of medical countermeasures

Twenty-first-century conflicts and the military biomedical complex

Biomedical enhancements and the modern warfighter

Jus in Praeparatione Bellum : a normative framework

Recalibrating regulatory review and strengthening the medical autonomy of service members

Standardizing and expanding military science ethics reviews

Reformulating governmental immunities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 25, 2024).

ISBN:

9780199351473

0199351473

9780197751299

0197751296

OCLC:

1446491740