#18: The Tuskegee Experiment, with Dr. Tina Sacks

Malpractice Podcast

English - February 24, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
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In this episode, Sydnee covers the history of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and how it affected modern attitudes about healthcare in the Black community. This episode features a special interview with Dr. Tina Sacks, a professor at UC Berkeley who will lend her expertise on topics like the Tuskegee study, racial inequities in health, and social determinants of health.

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

https://www.tuskegee.edu/about-us/centers-of-excellence/bioethics-center/about-the-usphs-syphilis-study

https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm

https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/people/tina-sacks

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/opinions/african-americans-covid-vaccine-sacks/index.html

https://www.today.com/health/what-implicit-bias-invisible-racism-hurts-black-women-doctor-s-t189105

https://methods.sagepub.com/case/understanding-life-history-tuskegee-syphilis-study-descendant

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