Examining Tuskegee :: the infamous syphilis study and its legacy /

The forty-year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the great metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. Reverby offers a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s...

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1. Verfasser: Reverby, Susan M., 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Schriftenreihe:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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Zusammenfassung:The forty-year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the great metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. Reverby offers a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s and involved hundreds of African American men, most of whom were told by doctors from the U.S. Public Health Service that they were being treated, not just watched, for their late-stage syphilis. Reverby examines the study and its aftermath from multiple perspectives to explain wh
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 384 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index.
ISBN:9780807898673
0807898678
9781469605326
1469605325

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