Advocates; Should All Medical Experiments on Prisoners Be Banned?

02/21/1974

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Tom Bourdeaux Advocate: Crawford Morris Witnesses: William McCue: Prison Health Project Jessica Mitford: Author Kind and Unusual Punishment John Arnold, MD: Truman Research Laboratory, University of Missouri Monroe Trout, MD: Vice President Sterling Drug Co.

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should All Medical Experiments on Prisoners Be Banned?
Program Number: 416
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Tom Bourdeaux Advocate: Crawford Morris Witnesses: William McCue – Prison Health Project Jessica Mitford – Author, “Kind and Usual Punishment” John Arnold, MD – Truman Research Laboratory, University of Missouri Monroe Trout, MD – Vice President, Sterling Drug Co. Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall. Bears WGBH copyright
Duration: 00:59:32
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Bourdeaux, Tom; Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996; Trout, Monroe E.
Locations: Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Genres: Debate
Topics: Social Issues; Public Affairs
Contributors: Mitford, Jessica (Guest); Bourdeaux, Tom (Guest); Morris, Crawford (Guest); McCue, William (Guest); Semerjian, Evan (Moderator); Arnold, John (Guest); Trout, Monroe (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should All Medical Experiments on Prisoners Be Banned?,” 02/21/1974, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1D816D6E77E2448CB30C9007C3D1EBD4.; MLA: “Advocates; Should All Medical Experiments on Prisoners Be Banned?.” 02/21/1974. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1D816D6E77E2448CB30C9007C3D1EBD4>.; APA: Advocates; Should All Medical Experiments on Prisoners Be Banned?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1D816D6E77E2448CB30C9007C3D1EBD4

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