Revelations
Not until the 1990s did studies appear about the ethical aspects of the Vipeholm experiments.
In 2000 the Swedish ombudsman of the disabled reported that the "excesses" of the study were not justified by the result.
Elin Bommenel, a historian and doctoral student at Linköping University, performed a thorough study of the Vipeholm experiments in her dissertation, published in 2006. She was the first researcher to gain access to the original documents from the experimental period at Vipeholm. Her research describes how the scientists found themselves in the interstice between research and care, and under great pressure from political and economic interests.
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