The 40 years study of Black Men with Syphilis

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Request for Question Clarification by majortom-ga on 22 Feb 2004 10:27 PST

Hello chris7272,

There is a great deal of information relating to and about the
Tuskegee Study.  What in particular would you like to know?

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Clarification of Question by chris7272-ga on 22 Feb 2004 11:43 PST

i WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE OUT COME OF HOW THE PUBLIC RESPONDED TO THE
STUDY AND PARTICULARILY THE PART OF NOT TELLING THE INDUVUAULS IN THE
STUDY ABOUT THEIR DIESASE.

Hello Chris 7272,

As you can imagine the American public was extremely outraged when the
truth about the Tuskegee study came to light.  Although the medical
community had been aware of it all along, the public as a whole
learned of the study from a 1972 article in the New York Times.

The NAACP filed a lawsuit, which ended in a $9 million settlement for
the study participants.  Eventually, a special government program was
established for the care and benefit of study participants.  The
Tuskegee Health Benefit Program is administered by the CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tuskegee/index.html

The CDC has a useful timeline of events surrounding the study here:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tuskegee/time.htm

Eventually, the fallout from this study resulted in fundamental
changes in the rules surrounding health research on human subjects. 
The CDC explains this here:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tuskegee/after.htm

The final report of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Legacy Committee is
available from the UVA Medical School library:
http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/apology/report.html


This information is just the tip of the iceburg.  If there is more you
would like to know about any particular aspect of this please feel
free to request clarification.

I have enjoyed helping you with this question,

Majortom

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