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Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy

Title
Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
Author
Reverby, Susan.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

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xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map; 25 cm.
Series Statement
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Uniform Title
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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".
Call Number
Sc E 10-267
ISBN
  • 9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 080783310X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009016648
OCLC
319855793
Author
Reverby, Susan.
Title
Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Series
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-267
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