In todays episode Anna and Jessica discuss the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, a notorious study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service that lasted from 1932 to 1972. It explores the unethical treatment of African American men who were misled about their health status and denied effective treatment for syphilis. The discussion highlights the historical context of syphilis, the impact of World War I, and the social conditions of African Americans during that era. It also examines the roles of various medical professionals involved in the study, the community's trust in them, and the eventual public outcry that led to the study's termination and subsequent reforms in medical ethics.
Sources:
👻 https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/about/index.html
👻 https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-tuskegee-syphilis-experiment/
👻 https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study
https://www.britannica.com/event/Tuskegee-syphilis-study
👻 https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2017/05/09/if-not-for-the-public-outcry-the-tuskegee-syphilis-project-study/
👻 https://sites.miamioh.edu/hst-journeys/2019/05/medicine-and-disease-in-history-syphilis/#_ftn5
👻 https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/syphilis-100-years-later
👻 https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/10/18/fit-to-fight-home-front-army-doctors-and-vd-during-ww-i/
👻 https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/the-western-front-in-world-war-one/brothels-and-the-western-front/#google_vignette
👻 https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2022-08-01/reporter-jean-heller-recalls-how-she-broke-the-story-of-the-tuskegee-syphilis-study-50-years-ago
👻 https://youtu.be/Fl4yDMJhpAM?si=umlrFhD6xn2l1Htz
👻 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ernest-hendon-last-survivor-of-notorious-study-2806869.php?form=MG0AV3
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