Tuskegee
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Tuskegee
- A city in southwestern Alabama in the United States.
- An unethical experiment on humans. (A reference to the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.)
- 2001, Paul Farmer, Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues,University of California Press, page 35,
- Responding with some heat to Angell's criticisms—-they described comparisons to Tuskegee as "inflammatory and wrong"—-the writers explained that cultural differences were at the heart of the problem.
- 2004, Steve Whitehead, Blood On Tap, Part 2: An Ethical Dilemma in Emergency Research, Emergency Medical Services, March 2004. [[1]]
- You couldn't have a Tuskegee with a community consultation requirement, or even with public notification, because people would say, 'No, this stinks.'
- 2001, Paul Farmer, Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues,University of California Press, page 35,
