U.S. Navy Veteran to Publish Report on Military Research and its Effects on Active Duty Personnel
Portland, OR, May 27, 2006 --(
PR.com)-- In a staff report by the U.S. Senate prepared for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, dated December 8th, 1994, the government details a less than beautiful history of unethical experimentation on U.S. soldiers. As a completely volunteer-based organization, U.S. military members serve our country out of a personal need to give back to what they love; us as a nation.
Rhodes proposes that as we enter into a new generation, where ethical decisions concerning experimentation must exist, that active duty military members be given the same right to informed consent as any other citizen. Through the process of recounting the Department of Defense's policies and actions in reference to soldier-based experimentation, the FDA's policies on human experimentation, and utilizing personal experience, Rhodes hopes to bring to light some of the potential changes that need to be made in our society. A society that was formed off the basis of democracy, fair treatment to all, and ethics.
With a strong background in health care management, public relations, and military service, Rhodes will utilize examples and logical ethical policies to support the case that military members are not being treated in a way that respects their service to the United States of America. Rhodes claims that as military members live their lives to a higher standard, the organization that employs them may not be performing at the same level. Look forward to this publication and others in the near future by Charles W. Rhodes III.
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