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Sankofan socio-ethical reflections: the Tuskegee University National Bioethics Center's decade of operation, 1999-2009.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20675941     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Primarily, this is a Sankofan socio-ethical analysis of the moral foundation of the Tuskegee University National Bioethics Center's decade of operation. The first section of the study will do the following: a) a Sankofan socio-ethical analysis of the Center's raison d'être; and b) definitions of ethical terms and the social world of the infamous syphilis study. The second section, as a result of the analysis, will address the Center's following challenges: c) the Center's challenge of theory and practice; d) the Center's challenge of moral heritage; and e) the Center's challenge of the future.
Authors:
Riggins R Earl
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1548-6869     ISO Abbreviation:  J Health Care Poor Underserved     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9103800     Medline TA:  J Health Care Poor Underserved     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  6-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Interdenominational Theological Seminary, 1409 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA. dukeearl@bellsouth.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans / history
Alabama
Bioethics / history*
Ethical Analysis*
Ethical Theory
Ethics, Research / history*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Morals
Syphilis / ethnology,  history
Terminology as Topic
Universities / history*,  organization & administration

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