Examining Tuskegee : The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reverby, Susan M., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
experimentation sur les êtres humains > syphilis > Alabama (Etats-Unis, etat) > 1930 > 1970.
AIDS.
Experimentele geneeskunde.
Syfilis.
Tuskegee-Syphilis-Studie
Medizinische Ethik
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Syphilis > Research.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Bioethics.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Bioethique.
Syphilis > Recherche > Alabama > Macon > Histoire.
Experimentation humaine en medecine > Alabama > Macon > Histoire.
Étude de Tuskegee sur la syphilis.
Universities > history
United States Government Agencies > history
Race Relations
Informed Consent > history
Human Experimentation > history
Bioethics
African Americans > history
Syphilis > history
1900s
Humans
Syphilis > Research > Alabama > Macon County > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > Alabama > Macon County > History.
Alabama.
Alabama > Macon County.
History.
Maps.
Internet Resources.
Historical Works.
Fulltext.
Electronic books.
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781469605326

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