Booknews, Inc., January 1, 1991 Weinstein's personal account of his father's mental illness which he later discovered was the result of CIA and Canadian government sponsored mind-control experiments. Weinstein, a psychiatrist at Stanford University, discusses not only his fight to obtain justice for his father, but also the vulnerability of contemporary medicine to the unethical abuse of patients. Synopsis In 1950s and early 1960s, one of the most eminent psychiatrists in the country had used his vulnerable patients as unwitting guinea pigs in brainwashing experiments funded by the CIA and the Canadian government. This is the spellbinding true story of unchecked ambition and the misuses of medical power. Dr. Ewen Cameron, an "eminent" psychiatrist, conducted brutal and de-humanizing experiments on many human beings in league with the American Central Intelligence Agency. Intriguing exploration of the background to the Allan Memorial horrors - the hospital where the experiments were conducted.
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