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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Let Us Not Honor Medical Researchers Who Have Caused Harm: Removing or Contextualizing Eponyms for Dr. Hans Asperger and Dr. Albert Kligman
- Judith Newman
The Pennsylvania State University, Abington College - Anxhela Zere
The Pennsylvania State University, Abington College - Casey Kane
The Pennsylvania State University, Abington College
Abstract
Our interdisciplinary activist-oriented project had as its goal the significant reduction in eponym usage for two now deceased prominent medical researchers, Hans Asperger and Albert Kligman. Interviews were conducted with bioethicists, philosophy faculty, undergraduate students, and young adults on the autism spectrum. Petitions were signed to bring about desired changes.
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