Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Ranked #28 in African American History, Ranked #40 in Medical — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
Rankings by Category
Medical Apartheid is ranked in the following categories:
- #99 in History Of Science
- #45 in Medicine
- #43 in Public Health
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