The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
by
Susan M. Reverby
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
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...