Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy by Susan M. Reverby

Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy

Susan M. Reverby

384 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history race science challenging informative slow-paced

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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 Exam...

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