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By Jerry Menikoff, with Edward P. Richards. 321 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-514797-1.

This book begins in the spirit of a muckraker, with the stated mission of exposing "the hidden truth" about medical research or, more precisely, medical research with human subjects. Each year, millions of people enroll as subjects in medical research — and very often, it appears, with little understanding of the implications of their decision (if indeed the decision was theirs), the risks entailed, or the availability of other options that might better serve their goals.

The first part of the book clarifies the distinction between being a medical patient and being a medical research subject — a distinction that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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