Word: dockham
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...David H. Dockham '58 has a novel idea: Harvard should own up when it does something egregiously wrong. In theory, it sounds simple. In practice--well, it just doesn't happen in practice...
...Dockham is upset about Harvard's recently disclosed participation during the 1950s and 1960s in radiation experiments conducted by University-affiliated scientists on retarded children, without the informed consent of the children or their parents. Harvard has acknowledged that the tests occurred, and a task force headed by Provost Jerry R. Green is investigating the extent of the University's involvement...
...Dockham is calling for Harvard to establish theNuremburg code as a standard for medicalexperimentation. The code states that "voluntaryconsent of the human subject [of experimentation]is essential...
...suggesting Harvard take a leadershipposition and establish the Nuremburg code as acode for all future experimentation on humanbeings," Dockham said. "Taking a leadershipposition would make up for Harvard's ethical andmoral liabilities...
...would make sure this thing never happensagain," said Dockham, who has followed revelationsof the experiments in the Boston Globe, which hissister sends him from her home in Lowell, Mass...