🛑 What if the heroes of science were also its villains?
In this video, we delve into the shocking history of unethical medical research and the whistleblowers who risked it all to expose the truth. Based on Carl Elliott’s powerful book The Occasional Human Sacrifice, we uncover stories that will make you question the moral fabric of modern science:
👥Here, we are with Dr. Payman Salamati, a preventive and social medicine specialist and a professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Also, we have Dr. Armin Khavandegar and Dr. Ali Heidari Roochi, the MDs and researchers.
In this session, we are hosting Dr. Zohrehsadat Naji, Ethicist and Adjunct Professor at Alzahra University
🔍 What You’ll Learn:
Dark chapters of medical research: From the Cincinnati Radiation Experiments to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and beyond.
Whistleblowers’ courage: The real price of standing against institutional power.
Ethical dilemmas: Why informed consent, risk vs. benefit, and justice remain critical in human research today.
Bioethics today: How the lessons from the past still resonate and why they’re often ignored.
📖 With insights into:
The hidden memorial for victims of the Cincinnati experiments.
The shocking neglect of informed consent in radiation studies.
Stories of whistleblowers ostracized for exposing unethical practices.
This video offers a vast range of useful information for anyone in the fields of medical science, bioethics, or research ethics—or anyone simply curious about the hidden side of scientific progress.
📝Discover :
🌐URL of the paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la…
🌐Title of the paper: Abusive medical research, whistleblowers, and institutional power
🎥 Join us as we uncover the untold stories and confront the ethical blind spots of biomedicine.