The Tuskegee Legacy Aids and the Black Community

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ID20337074
AuthorsJames H Jones (0000-0002-2184-9586, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume22
Issue6
Pages38
Publication date1992-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3562949
OpenAlexW2973044698
LanguageEN
Citations received9

As a symbol of racism and medical malfeasance, the Tuskegee study may\nnever move the nation to action, but it can change the way Americans view\nillness. Hidden within the anger and anguish of those who decry the experiment\nis a plea for government authorities and medical officials to hear the fears\nof people whose faith has been damaged, to deal with their concerns directly,\nand to acknowledge the link between public health and community trust. \nGovernment authorities and medical officials must strive to cleanse medicine\nof social infections by eliminating any type of racial or moral stereotyping\nof people or their illnesses. They must seek to build a health system that\nwill make adequate health care available to all Americans. Anything less will\nleave some groups at risk, as happened at Tuskegee

Family medicine · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Gerontology

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