Medical apartheid : the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present
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Published
New York : Harlem Moon, [2006].
ISBN
9780767915472, 076791547X
Lexile measure
1400L
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Crete Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 174.28 WASHINGTON, H. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Harlem Moon, [2006].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 501 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780767915472, 076791547X
Lexile measure
1400
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Target Audience
1400L,Lexile
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction, 2007
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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 (First paperback edition.). Harlem Moon.
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. Harlem Moon.
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 Harlem Moon, 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 First paperback edition., Harlem Moon, 2006.
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