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Examining Tuskegee
Susan M. Reverby
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Description for Examining Tuskegee
Paperback. Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469609720
SKU
V9781469609720
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About Susan M. Reverby
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.
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