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Author:

Reverby, Susan.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 384 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine--Macon County--Macon County--History.
Syphilis--History.--Macon County--Macon County--History.
Tuskegee Institute.
United States.--Public Health Service.
Syphilis--history.
African Americans--history.
History, 20th Century.
Human Experimentation--history.
Informed Consent--history.
United States Government Agencies--history.
Universities--history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".

Series:

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

ISBN:

080783310X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833100 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)319855793

LCCN:

2009016648

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)