WOMENSTD 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 4 pt 1/2: Infant Mortality, Institutional Review Board, Coronary Circulation
24 Jan 2018
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Hiv/aids, has caused fears in the black population about being used as guinea pigs like the men in the syphilis study. Flaws in the system due to the study: african-american distrust of the institutions of medicine and public health, caused a narrowness of representation in medical studies, a fear of being exploited by the medical profession. Alabama, were deliberately denied effective treatment for syphilis in order to document the natural history of the disease. Provokes the image of syphilis study and black fears of genocide. Led to some african americans with aids to refuse treatment with protease inhibitors. Protease inhibitors - antiviral drugs used to treat hiv. } connected to the fact that slaves and free black people were used as subjects for dissection and medical experimentation. (only the man"s head was above ground) Fears of genocide: historical examples clearly demonstrate that african.
