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Article: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Historical Perspective. (History of Science & Technology).(Brief Article)
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- Michigan Academician
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Historical Perspective. Rose M. Schliska, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road, University Center, MI 48710; 989/497-2720
In 1932, the U. S. Public Health Service began a research project to investigate syphilis. This study was discovered to be grounded in many unethical practices including the misuse of human subjects and fraud. These violations of ethics had a devastating effect on the health and well-being of African ...