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Author Reverby, Susan M.
Title Examining Tuskegee : the infamous syphilis study and its legacy / Susan M. Reverby.
Publication Info Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.


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Descript xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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".
ISBN 9780807833100
9781469609720 (pbk.)
080783310X
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Author Reverby, Susan M.
Series John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Subject Tuskegee Institute.
United States. Public Health Service.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Descript xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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".
ISBN 9780807833100
9781469609720 (pbk.)
080783310X
Author Reverby, Susan M.
Series John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Subject Tuskegee Institute.
United States. Public Health Service.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  R 853 H8 R4  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Tuskegee Institute.
United States. Public Health Service.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Descript xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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".
ISBN 9780807833100
9781469609720 (pbk.)
080783310X
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