The deadly deception / written, produced and directed by Denisce DiIanni.

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This program investigates one of the most notorious medical experiments in American history: the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. African American men in Macon County, Alabama believed they were receiving free treatment for syphilis; they were, instead, given medicines that we...

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Corporate Authors: WGBH Educational Foundation (Producer)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Diianni, Denisce (Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
Strait, George (Host)
Language:English
Published: [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation, 1993.
Subjects:
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Syphilis > Research > Alabama > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > Alabama > History.
Medical ethics > Alabama > History.
Informed consent (Medical law) > Alabama > History.
African American men > Diseases > Alabama > History.
Racism in medicine > United States > History.
Macon County (Ala.) > History.
African American men > Diseases.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Medical ethics.
Racism in medicine.
Syphilis > Research.
Alabama.
Alabama > Macon County.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis : the 30th year of observation
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
This program investigates one of the most notorious medical experiments in American history: the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. African American men in Macon County, Alabama believed they were receiving free treatment for syphilis; they were, instead, given medicines that were worthless against the disease. The experiment continued from 1932 until 1972 and was periodically written up in mainstream medical journals. The program outlines the history of the study, offers testimony from survivors and from doctors who administered it, and looks at the perversion of medical ethics and the doctor/patient relationship involved in carrying out such an experiment. It also discusses the lingering mistrust of the white medical establishment created by this study.
Note:Originally produced by WGBH Boston and televised as a segment of the program Nova.
Call Number:R853.H8 D43 1993a VideoDVD
Credits:Executive producer, Paula S. Apsell ; cameras, Robert Shepard, Brian Dowley, Bill Mills ; editor, Charles Scott ; music, John Kusiak.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Bill Mason.