The legacy of the tuskegee syphilis study: Assessing its impact on willingness to participate in biomedical studies

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1168-1180

  Katz, Ralph V ^a   Green, B Lee ^b   Kressin, Nancy R ^c   Kegeles, S Stephen ^d   Wang, Min Qi ^e   James, Sherman A ^f   Russell, Stefanie L ^b   Claudio, Cristina ^g   McCallum, Jan M ^h  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Health disparities; Legacy of the tuskegee syphilis study; Minority participation in research

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 58149188693     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0067     Document Type: Article

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