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Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy
- Title
- Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
- Author
- Reverby, Susan.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Uniform Title
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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".
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-267
- ISBN
- 9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 080783310X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009016648
- OCLC
- 319855793
- Author
- Reverby, Susan.
- Title
- Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
- Imprint
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
- Series
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-267