In the late 1980s, a national outcry followed the publication of Sandra Coney and Phillida Bunkles Unfortunate Experiment article in Metro magazine about the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Womens Hospital. The article prompted a commission of inquiry led by Judge Silvia Cartwright which indicted the practices of doctors at the hospital and led to lawsuits, censure, a national screening programme and a revolution in doctorpatient relations in New Zealand. In this carefully researched book, medical historian Dr Linda Bryder provides a detailed analysis of the treatment of carcinoma in situ at National Womens since the 1950s, an assessment of international medical practice and a history of the womens health movement. She tackles a number of key questions. Was treatment at National Womens an unfortunate experiment? Was it out of line with international norms? Did Herb Green and his colleagues care more for science than for their patients? Did women die as a result? And what were the sources of the scandal that erupted?.