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Examining Tuskegee the infamous syphilis study and its legacy

Title
Examining Tuskegee [electronic resource] : 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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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
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  • Human experimentation in medicine > Alabama > Macon County > History
  • Syphilis > Research > History. > Alabama > Macon County
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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Available onsite at NYPL
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