Examining Tuskegee - The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Susan M. Reverby is Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas and Professor of Women's Studies at Wellesley College. She is editor of Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study . Klappentext The forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s, has become a profound metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. Susan M. Reverby’s Examining Tuskegee is a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis among African American men, who were told by U.S. Public Health Service doctors that they were being treated, not just watched, for their late-stage syphilis. With rigorous clarity, Reverby investigates the study and its aftermath from multiple perspectives and illuminates the reasons for its continued power and resonance in our collective memory. Zusammenfassung The forty-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study which took place from the 1930s to the 1970s! has become a metaphor for medical racism! government malfeasance! and physician arrogance. Susan M. Reverby provides a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis among African American men. With rigorous clarity! Reverby investigates the study and its aftermath from multiple perspectives.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan M. Reverby
• Editore: University Of North Carolina
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781469609720
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-0972-0
• Pagine: 416
• Serie: John Hope Franklin Series in A; John Hope Franklin Series in A; The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche