21A.302J | Fall 2013 | Undergraduate

Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?

A white doctor gives a shot in the arm of an elderly black man

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From 1932 to 1972, the Tuskegee syphilis experiment studied the progression of untreated syphilis in 600 rural African American men who thought they were receiving free health care from the U. S. government. Photo by U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Source: National Archives.

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A white doctor gives a shot in the arm of an elderly black man
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A white doctor gives a shot in the arm of an elderly black man.
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From 1932 to 1972, the Tuskegee syphilis experiment studied the progression of untreated syphilis in 600 rural African American men who thought they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government. (Photo by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Source: National Archives.)
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Photo by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Source: National Archives.
A white doctor gives a shot in the arm of an elderly black man.

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