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      Under the shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and health care.

      American Journal of Public Health
      American Public Health Association

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          Abstract

          The Tuskegee Syphilis Study continues to cast its long shadow on the contemporary relationship between African Americans and the biomedical community. Numerous reports have argued that the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is the most important reason why many African Americans distrust the institutions of medicine and public health. Such an interpretation neglects a critical historical point: the mistrust predated public revelations about the Tuskegee study. This paper places the syphilis study within a broader historical and social context to demonstrate that several factors have influenced--and continue to influence--African American's attitudes toward the biomedical community.

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          Journal
          American Journal of Public Health
          Am J Public Health
          American Public Health Association
          0090-0036
          1541-0048
          November 1997
          November 1997
          : 87
          : 11
          : 1773-1778
          Article
          10.2105/AJPH.87.11.1773
          1381160
          9366634
          52a336ff-b054-4f58-994f-2df8afb4d5bf
          © 1997
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