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Ethics & Behavior Volume 22, 2012 - Issue 6: The Legacy of the U. S. Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in African American Men Fifteen Years after the President's Apology
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Addressing the Legacy of the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee: Optimal Health in Health Care Reform Philosophy

Rueben C. Warren Department of Psychology and Sociology, Tuskegee University National Center of Bioethics in Research and Health CareCorrespondence[email protected]
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Luther S. Williams Academic Affairs, Tuskegee University
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Wylin D. Wilson National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care, Tuskegee University
Pages 496-500 | Published online: 28 Nov 2012

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