President clinton’s apology for the tuskegee syphilis experiment: A narrative of remembrance, redefinition, and reconciliation

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-34

  Stephens, Ronald J ^b   Japp, Phyllis M ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Health; Narrative; Technology; Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment; United States Public Health Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937330545     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461700246698     Document Type: Article

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