Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

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From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between black Americans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the ways both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without their knowledge—a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It reveals how blacks have historically been prey to grave-robbing as well as unauthorized autopsies and dissections. Moving into the twentieth century, it shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and social Darwinism was used to justify experimental exploitation and shoddy medical treatment of blacks, and the view that they were biologically inferior, oversexed, and unfit for adult responsibilities. Shocking new details about the government’s notorious Tuskegee experiment are revealed, as are similar, less-well-known medical atrocities conducted by the government, the armed forces, prisons, and private institutions.
The product of years of prodigious research into medical journals and experimental reports long undisturbed, Medical Apartheid reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and makes possible, for the first time, an understanding of the roots of the African American health deficit. At last, it provides the fullest possible context for comprehending the behavioral fallout that has caused black Americans to view researchers—and indeed the whole medical establishment—with such deep distrust. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read Medical Apartheid, a masterful book that will stir up both controversy and long-needed debate.

!1: Best Buy This book is a powerhouse! The sheer amount of research undertaken by Harriet A. Washington to shed light on the overwhelming amount of injustices inflicted upon African Americans in this country during slavery and for many, many years after is astounding. Several times while reading this book I had to shut my eyes in disgust and absolute disbelief at the level of brutality my people experienced, all in the name of science. Before reading this book I thought the only true example of blacks being used in medical research was the Tuskegee Experiment. I was not only wrong but naive. Tuskegee is only the most well known and documented. The

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand why it is that even in 2010 many African Americans are still distrustful of the medical system. After reading this book, my own sister was told she might have cervical cancer and I immediately told her to get a second opinion and to give me a list of all the medications prescribed to her so that I could do my own research into their efficacy and use for her illness. Thank goodness it was a false alarm, but the book really made an impact on me. I've realized that trust in the medical system is still an issue for African Americans.

Even though we have an African American President and we live in a time where some people don't believe racism even exists anymore, this book drives the point home the fact that as African Americans we still have a long way to go in this country. The use of black children in a study conducted at Columbia in the early 1990's is a prime example of that.

Although this book is fairly thick, you will find yourself completely engrossed in all 412 pages of it. This book is a must read not only for all medical students and professionals but everyone who cares to understand how important medical ethics are and the history of black people in scientific research.

This book will surprise you, upset you, and most importantly teach you. It is so important to understand your country's history regardless if is good or bad. A tour de force!

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