Examining Tuskegee (eBook)

The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy

Susan M. Reverby (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
416 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-9867-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s, has become a profound metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. Susan M. Reverby's Examining Tuskegee is a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis among African American men, who were told by U.S. Public Health Service doctors that they were being treated, not just watched, for their late-stage syphilis. With rigorous clarity, Reverby investigates the study and its aftermath from multiple perspectives and illuminates the reasons for its continued power and resonance in our collective memory.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2009
• Reihe/Serie: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
• Reihe/Serie: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 22 halftones, 4 figs., 5 tables, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: examining tuskegee • Sexually Transmitted Diseases • STDs in alabama • susan m. reverby • syphilis in african american men • the infamous syphilis study and its legacy • tuskegee, alabama • Tuskegee Syphilis Study
• ISBN-10: 0-8078-9867-8 / 0807898678
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-9867-3 / 9780807898673