LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Historical Misfeasance: Immorality to Justice in Public Health.

Photo from wikipedia

The article discusses what the author refers to as historical misfeasance in relation to immorality, past public health-related injustices, and medical studies that were conducted by public health practitioners without… Click to show full abstract

The article discusses what the author refers to as historical misfeasance in relation to immorality, past public health-related injustices, and medical studies that were conducted by public health practitioners without participants' consent. America's Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the sexually transmitted disease (STD) Experiments in Guatemala are examined, along with state-ordered sterilizations in places such as Virginia and California.

Keywords: health historical; historical misfeasance; health; immorality; public health

Journal Title: American journal of public health
Year Published: 2017

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.