Examining Tuskegee

Author: Susan M. Reverby
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002S0O4G6
Category: Medical

Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

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

Susan M. 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. The study involved hundreds of African American men, most of whom were told by the 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 Get Examining Tuskegee our bestseller medical books.

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The subject of histories, films, rumors, and political slogans, it received an official federal apology from President Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony.

Susan M. 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. The study involved hundreds of African American men, most of whom were told by the doctors from the U Reverby examines the study and its aftermath

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