About the book
Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research — the Tuskegee syphilis study. Told they were being treated for “bad blood,” the nearly four hundred men with late-stage syphilis and two hundred disease-free men who served as controls were kept away from appropriate treatment and plied instead with placebos, nursing visits, and the promise of decent burials. Despite the publication of more than a dozen reports in respected medical and public health journals, the study continued for forty years, until extensive media coverage finally brought the experiment to wider public knowledge and forced its end.
This edited volume gathers articles, contemporary newspaper accounts, selections from reports and letters, reconsiderations of the study by many of its principal actors, and works of fiction, drama, and poetry to tell the Tuskegee story as never before. Together, these pieces illuminate the ethical issues at play from a remarkable breadth of perspectives and offer an unparalleled look at how the study has been understood over time.
Editions of Tuskegee's Truths
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807825396
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807848524
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469608723
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890872326
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Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research — the Tuskegee syphilis study. Told they were being treated for “bad blood,” the nearly four hundred men with late-stage syphilis and two hundred disease-free men who served as controls were kept away from appropriate treatment and plied instead with placebos, nursing visits, and the promise of decent burials. Despite the publication of more than a dozen reports in respected medical and public health journals, the study continued for forty years, until extensive media coverage finally brought the experiment to wider public knowledge and forced its end.
This edited volume gathers articles, contemporary newspaper accounts, selections from reports and letters, reconsiderations of the study by many of its principal actors, and works of fiction, drama, and poetry to tell the Tuskegee story as never before. Together, these pieces illuminate the ethical issues at play from a remarkable breadth of perspectives and offer an unparalleled look at how the study has been understood over time.
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What is Tuskegee's Truths about?
Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research — the Tuskegee syphilis study. Told they were being treated for “bad blood,” the nearly four hundred men with late-stage syphilis and two hundred disease-free men who served as controls were kept away from appropriate treatment and plied instead with placebos, nursing visits, and the promise of decent burials. Despite the publication of more than a dozen reports in respected medical and public health journals, the study continued for forty years, until extensive media coverage finally brought the experiment to wider public knowledge and forced its end.
This edited volume gathers articles, contemporary newspaper accounts, selections from reports and letters, reconsiderations of the study by many of its principal actors, and works of fiction, drama, and poetry to tell the Tuskegee story as never before. Together, these pieces illuminate the ethical issues at play from a remarkable breadth of perspectives and offer an unparalleled look at how the study has been understood over time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Tuskegee's Truths?
Medicine and Nursing > Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics > Medical profession > Medical ethics and professional conduct
Where can I read a sample of Tuskegee's Truths?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807825396
How long is Tuskegee's Truths and how many pages does it have?
Tuskegee's Truths has 664 page(s)
Is Tuskegee's Truths part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Studies in Social Medicine
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Tuskegee's Truths?
James H. Jones
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Tuskegee's Truths is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807825396) and paperback(ISBN 9780807848524) and ebook(ISBN 9781469608723) and pdf(ISBN 9798890872326)
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