About this title: "Medical Apartheid" is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans, from the era of slavery to today. Washington details the ways both slaves and freedmen have been used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge.
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Your search:Books» Author: Harriet Washington» Title: Medical Apartheid»Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present(30 available copies)
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harlem Moon
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780767915472ISBN:076791547X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN-13:9780767915472ISBN:076791547X
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780767915472ISBN:076791547X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780385509930ISBN:0385509936
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Description: Very good. The product of years of prodigious research into medical journals and experiments, Medical Apartheid compiles the only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Harriet Washington reveals the shocking mistreatment of. read more
"I bought this book after seeing author Harriet A. Washington speak on her book.
I began reading this book and found the tru stories too disturbing to read. I read as far as where a doctor removes a patient's jaw bone without painkiller and without any real reason.
I know that the Nazi doctors must have followed the lead of american doctors when experimenting with the jews in prizon camps before and during WWII."
"In this book, the author has compiled and analyzed a vast amount of research to make the case that racist practices toward African-American people from slavery onward, in the name of science and medicine, have created an atmosphere of distrust among African-Americans toward the medical profession. As a result of this distrust, and often fear, this group of people may not be getting proper medical care when necessary.
I won't go into a major discussion here, but I thought the author did a fine job in terms of research and presentation. I'm not a scientist, nor am I conversant enough in the topic to judge her research, but this book really opened my eyes to some less than professional and less than ethical practices. I must say that I'm not surprised -- earlier I read the book "Bad Blood" about the syphillis experiments at Tuskeegee -- but that was probably the extent of my knowledge on the topic. Washington's book makes that study seem like only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I have to say that sometimes she was a bit repetitive, but not enough to distract from the main points of her work.
I truly hope her work does some good. I'd recommend it to people who are interested in the topic, especially people like myself who have only a limited knowledge, or to people who want to add yet another dimension to their understanding of African-American history."
"This book really opened my eyes, but it was incredibly wordy and not well written in parts. I was amazed by the details and research, but a little judicious editing would have helped more people get excited about this important work.
As it stands, this is a laborious, over-written book that has an essential message that is lost in its own heft."
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