About this title: Produced for the HBO cable network, this docudrama explores the social and ethical issues at the heart of the infamous Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis. From 1932 through 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service studied 600 poor African-American sharecroppers in Macon County, AL -- 399 chronic syphilitics and a 201-man healthy control group. Doctors treated the men with placebos, hid the true nature of their research, and withheld penicillin even after it became the standard and highly effective treatment for the disease in the mid-'40s. Although the experiment was hardly a secret ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: hbo
Date: April 14, 1998
UPC:026359138935
Description: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Ossie Davis, Joe Morton. Very good in very good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 120 mins. Originally released: 1997. ex-rental, tape and boxart in good condition, fast delivery is our promice to you. read more
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Format: VHS
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Date: 04/14/1998
UPC:026359141935
Description: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburn. Good. 1997 Run time: 118. In Spanish. VHS Tape and Case in Good Condition with reasonable wear. Perfect-play guarantee! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
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UPC:026359138928
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Format: DVD
Studio: Hbo Home Video
UPC:026359138928
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Date: 05/26/2009
UPC:026359138928
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