Blowing the Whistle on Medical Research

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In 2010 bioethicist Carl Elliott published an extensive article detailing the red flags in a drug study that resulted in the death of one of the human subjects. But instead of the outrage and oversight he expected, the university defended its researchers and Elliott was ostracized by his colleagues. In his new book “The Occasional Human Sacrifice” Elliot shares his experience and those of other whistleblowers in the medical research world. We’ll talk with Elliot about why medical institutions make such formidable enemies, and why the people who revealed some of the biggest medical research scandals refused to stay silent. Guests: Carl Elliott, professor of philosophy, University of Minnesota; author, "The Occasional Human Sacrifice" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.5	Carl Elliott's new book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice, is a searing and introspective look at what drives people in medical research to become whistleblowers.
1:08.8	From Tuskegee to a series of botched transplants in Sweden,
1:12.4	Elliot turns over the question
1:13.5	why people decide to ruin their careers
1:16.0	for the sake of getting the truth out,
1:18.7	especially when many know they're unlikely to get justice done.
1:22.3	But that investigation, of course,
1:24.0	is also about why so many others
1:26.3	are willing to stay silent and complicit in the face
1:29.3	of obvious immorality, fraud, and misconduct. Elliot's coming up next right after this news.
1:48.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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