DOCTORS IN DENIAL:THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN INTHE ‘UNFORTUNATE EXPERIMENT’Ronald W. JonesOtago University PressBy ELSPETH McLEANRon Jones does not hold back in his account of events around the "unfortunate experiment'' at National Women's Hospital. Clare Matheson, a survivor of the “Unfortunate Experiment”, with Dr Ron Jones at the launch of his book. Photo: suppliedDespite having already read millions of the words written about this experiment, which ran from 1966 until 1988, Doctors in Denial: The forgotten women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment' shocked me anew. Matters did not come to a head until after the "An unfortunate experiment at National Women's'' article in Metro by Sandra Coney and Phillida Bunkle was published in June 1987. (The term " unfortunate experiment'' was coined by cancer epidemiologist Prof David Skegg in correspondence in 1986.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 12, 2017 18:00 UTC