Medical apartheid : the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0385509936, 9780385509930
Physical Desc
x, 501 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Status
Adult Nonfiction - Public Shelving
174.28 WAS
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174.28 WAS
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2006.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0385509936, 9780385509930
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-484) and index.
Description
The first comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without a hint of informed consent--a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and social Darwinism was used to justify experimental exploitation and shoddy medical treatment of blacks, and a view that they were biologically inferior, oversexed, and unfit for adult responsibilities. New details about the government's Tuskegee experiment are revealed, as are similar, less well-known medical atrocities conducted by the government, the armed forces, and private institutions. This book reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and makes possible, for the first time, an understanding of the roots of the African American health deficit.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Washington, H. A. (2006). Medical apartheid: the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present . Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Washington, Harriet A. 2006. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Washington, Harriet A. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present Doubleday, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Washington, Harriet A. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present Doubleday, 2006.
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