Susan Lederer: The Evolution of “Beecher’s Bombshell”

Published: May 27, 2016, 2:32 p.m.

Dr. Susan Lederer is the chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, and the author of "Flesh and Blood and Subjected To Science". During this panel from the 2014 Advancing Ethical Research Conference, Dr. Lederer discusses the significant and compelling role Henry K. Beecher played in the world of clinical research ethics with his paper Ethics and Clinical Research - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM196606162742405.