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Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Paperback / softback - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Susan M. Reverby

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From 1932 to 1972, about 600 African American men in Alabama served as guinea pigs in the Tuskegee syphilis study -- now called one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research. This book reveals the history and legacy of the infamous study though a comprehensive collection of articles, letters, newspaper accounts and works of fiction.

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Paperback / softback. New. Between 1932 and 1972 approximately 600 African American men in Alabama served unwittingly as guinea pigs in the Tuskegee syphilis study. This volume gathers articles, contemporary newspaper accounts, selections from reports and letters, and other reconsiderations of the study.
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  • Title Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  • Author Susan M. Reverby
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 664
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-07-03
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780807848524
  • ISBN 9780807848524 / 0807848522
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.05 x 1.45 in (23.27 x 15.37 x 3.68 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99056379
  • Dewey Decimal Code 174.280

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First line

In 1932 the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) initiated an experiment in Macon County, Alabama, to determine the natural course of untreated, latent syphilis in black males.

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This book uniquely reveals the history and legacy of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study through a comprehensive collection of documents: articles, reports, letters, and newspaper accounts, as well as works of fiction, poetry, and drama.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/1999, Page 768
  • Choice, 12/01/2000, Page 739