Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy

by Susan M. Reverby

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080783310X
• ISBN13: 9780807833100
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"