Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2009 - Social Science - 384 pages
The forty-year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the American metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. The subject of histories, films, rumors, and political slogans, it received an official federal apology f

Contents

Race Medical Uncertainty and American Culture
1
PART I TESTIMONY
11
A section of illustrations
109
PART II TESTIFYING
110
PART III TRAVELING
185
The Difficulties of Treating Racism with Tuskegee
227
Chronology
241
Key Participants Names
249
Mens Names
251
Tables and Charts
257
Notes
263
Bibliography
333
Index
365
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Susan M. Reverby is Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas and Professor of Women's Studies at Wellesley College.

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