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Reverby, Susan M., 1946- author.
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Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
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Publication:
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Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
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Copyright date:
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©2009
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Physical description:
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1 online resource (xiii, 384 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
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text txt
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computer c
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online resource cr
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Digital file charact:
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data file
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Series Added Entry-U:
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John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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Subject term:
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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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Bioethics.
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Humans
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1900s
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Syphilis--history
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African Americans--history
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Bioethics
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Human Experimentation--history
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Informed Consent--history
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Race Relations
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United States Government Agencies--history
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Universities--history
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Étude de Tuskegee sur la syphilis.
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Expérimentation humaine en médecine--Alabama--Macon--Histoire.
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Syphilis--Recherche--Alabama--Macon--Histoire.
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Bioéthique.
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Bioethics. fast
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Human experimentation in medicine. fast
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Syphilis--Research. fast
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study. fast
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Geographic term:
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Alabama--Macon County. fast
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Genre index term:
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History.
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-363) and index.
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Summary:
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The forty-year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the great metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. 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 and involved hundreds of African American men, most of whom were told by 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 from multiple perspectives to explain wh
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Language:
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English.
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Series Statement:
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(The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture)
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ISBN:
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9780807898673 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN:
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0807898678 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN:
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9781469605326 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN:
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1469605325 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN:
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(ISBN invalid)080783310X
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ISBN:
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(ISBN invalid)9780807833100
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Videorecording #:
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MWT11718384
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6486538
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