Research Paper Proposal

The topic I choose to write about for now would be human experimentation. I chose this topic because it is one of the few topics relating to the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks that I am very interested about. My approach to human experimentation will be against it. I believe it should not be legal in the medical field worldwide. Possible subtopics for my paper could be some history of experimentation on humans, such as early practices that were done and where. I will also write about the Holocaust, the Nuremberg Trials, and other well known cases. I also may include information about people who were famous for participating in these practices, such as the “Angel of Death” Josef Mangele who was a Nazi officer and physician. Another subtopic could be how this practice has evolved during the years in the United States and other countries as well, and if it is still present in some countries and where. Another possible subtopic could be how human experimentation is shown in the book. If I were to create a tentative thesis for my paper I would say that experimentation on humans has been done for years and it has done a lot of damage, therefore it should be made illegal everywhere.