Misinformation and misbeliefs in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis fuel mistrust in the healthcare system

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1566-1573

  White, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical care mistrust; Miscalculations; Misinformation; Racial differences; Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SYPHILIS; TRUST; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 27844590755     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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