| ISBN |
9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper)
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080783310X (cloth : alk. paper)
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| OCLC Number |
(Alma)990020346170204361 |
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(aleph)002034617BGU01-Aleph |
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(OCoLC)319855793 |
| Pers.Main Entry |
Reverby, Susan M., 1946- |
| Title |
Examining Tuskegee :
the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby. |
| Imprint |
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009. |
| Descr. |
xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
( John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture) |
| Bibliogr. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction : race, medical uncertainty, and American culture -- Historical contingencies : Tuskegee Institute, the Public Health Service, and syphilis -- Planned, plotted, & official : the study begins -- Almost undone : the study continues -- What makes it stop? -- Testimony : the public story in the 1970s -- What happened to the men & their families? -- Why & wherefore : the Public Health Service doctors -- Triage & "powerful sympathizing" : Eugene H. Dibble, Jr -- The best care : Eunice Verdell Rivers Laurie -- Bioethics, history, & the study as gospel -- The court of imagination -- The political spectacle of blame & apology -- Epilogue : the difficulties of treating racism with "Tuskegee" |
| Top.Subj. - Misc. |
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History
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Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History
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| HoldingLib |
BGU Ben-Gurion U. |
| Link to HoldingLib |
 BGU |
| ULI Sysno. |
009154491 |
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