- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill., map.
- Series Statement
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Examining Tuskegee (Online)
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- Alternative Title
- Examining Tuskegee (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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".
- LCCN
- 2009016648
- OCLC
- ssj0000337463
- Author
Reverby, Susan.
- Title
Examining Tuskegee [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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