Forty Years of Medical Racism: The Tuskegee Experiments (Lucent Library of Black History)

Type

Book

Authors

Michael V. Uschan

ISBN 10

1590184866

ISBN 13

9781590184868

Tags

1900s, Multicultural, African-American, Reference, Technology, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, 20th Century

Description

The Tuskegee Study is one of the most infamous medical studies ever conducted. From 1932 to 1972, the federal government studied the long-term effects of syphilis on 399 men. The study has been condemned because the black men were never treated for the disease and were never told the true nature of their illness. - from Amzon

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