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Title: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
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| Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon Shocking -- but not really, given what we know of injustice in history | If your faith in humanity is already at an all-time low, don't expect this book to be in any way uplifting or to provide any hope for the future. It is, however, very worth reading, bringing to light the many, many medical transgressions suffered by African Americans in the US, from the medical torture of slaves who could not object, all the way up to pharmaceutical company experiments in the 20th century whose objectives, procedures and side-effects were not disclosed to (and, in fact, were purposely kept from) their subjects.
While the subject matter was interesting and, at times, even fascinating, the author seemed to go in circles within the earlier chapters. By midway through the book she finds her stride. | | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon Thought provoking..... | I finally finished reading this book and found it to be well researched and very disturbing. It was truly an eye opener for me especially considering some of the instances she cites I clearly remember (i.e. Norplant and the Violence Initiative).
A must read for everyone; just have a dictionary handy. | | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon I gave as a gift | | i gave this as a gift to a black girl who is in graduate school for her MPH degree. She loved it!!! So that made me happy. | | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon Be aware !!!! | | While I think that this book makes many fine points about the perception of Blacks by the medical profession in our country. One MUST be aware of the entire Medical profession for all people at the time. One of the reasons that many of the soft drinks of today became part of American society was because they were first sold as a cure all so that people did not have to go to ANY doctor. Doctors put as many people in the ground as they cured during the period that this book covers. No excuses for many of these atrocities, but like all things historical, look at the context of the times that these events took place. I am so glad that Ms. Washington wrote this book because we need so much more discussion between ALL of the races of Americans in order to climb out of the pit that our ancestors dug for all of us. | | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon How can people still have this kind of hatred? | | This is a book not just for blacks so as to be aware of what the medical field may still do to you at any given time, but for everyone that may visit a physician, surgeon and so on. We must remember that they are not gods, but doctors in practice, they don't know everything. We know our own bodies better than they do and if one isn't ready to listen then we must find ones that will. A pill doesn't make it go away, nor does ignoring the patient or worse yet, because of the color, class, race or religion they have mutilated, purposely given people diseases (HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea and so on). When I read this book I was disgusted with the medical field and thus made me do more research before I take any medication, surgery and so on. It makes you wonder what goes through their minds while you are completely under and can do whatever they please, this is not to say that there are not good doctors out here. We will have to just be cautious and do more research. | | Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harlem Moon Product Description | From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It reveals how blacks have historically been prey to grave-robbing as well as unauthorized autopsies and dissections. Moving into the twentieth century, it shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and social Darwinism was used to justify experimental exploitation and shoddy medical treatment of blacks, and the view that they were biologically inferior, oversexed, and unfit for adult responsibilities. Shocking new details about the government’s notorious Tuskegee experiment are revealed, as are similar, less-well-known medical atrocities conducted by the government, the armed forces, prisons, and private institutions.
The product of years of prodigious research into medical journals and experimental reports long undisturbed, Medical Apartheid reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and makes possible, for the first time, an understanding of the roots of the African American health deficit. At last, it provides the fullest possible context for comprehending the behavioral fallout that has caused black Americans to view researchers—and indeed the whole medical establishment—with such deep distrust. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read Medical Apartheid, a masterful book that will stir up both controversy and long-needed debate. |
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