Description |
xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
Subject |
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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Syphilis -- History.
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African Americans -- History.
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Human Experimentation -- history.
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Informed Consent -- history.
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Medical Subj |
Tuskegee Institute.
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United States. Public Health Service.
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Series |
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. |
Bibliography |
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". |
ISBN |
9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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080783310X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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