Title:
Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
Author:
Reverby, Susan.
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Call Number:
R853.H8 R48 2009
ISBN:
9780807833100
9781469609720
Series:
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Physical Description:
xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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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".
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