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Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.

By: Series: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.Description: xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 080783310X (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2/80976149 22
LOC classification:
  • R853.H8 R48 2009
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".
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks R853 .H8 R48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001082659

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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