Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.

The forty year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the American metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. The subject of histories, films, rumors, and political slogans, it received an official federal apology from President Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony...

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Main Author: Reverby, Susan M., 1946-
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
Tuskegee Institute.
United States. > Public Health Service.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine > Alabama > Macon County > History.
Syphilis > Research > Alabama > Macon County > History.
Syphilis > history.
Black or African American > history.
History, 20th Century.
Human Experimentation > history.
Informed Consent > history.
United States Government Agencies > history.
Universities > history.
Physical Description:xiii, 384 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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