Gamble V N
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison 53706, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1997 Nov;87(11):1773-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.11.1773.
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study continues to cast its long shadow on the contemporary relationship between African Americans and the biomedical community. Numerous reports have argued that the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is the most important reason why many African Americans distrust the institutions of medicine and public health. Such an interpretation neglects a critical historical point: the mistrust predated public revelations about the Tuskegee study. This paper places the syphilis study within a broader historical and social context to demonstrate that several factors have influenced--and continue to influence--African American's attitudes toward the biomedical community.
塔斯基吉梅毒研究继续在当代非裔美国人与生物医学界的关系上投下长长的阴影。众多报告认为,塔斯基吉梅毒研究是许多非裔美国人不信任医学机构和公共卫生机构的最重要原因。这种解释忽略了一个关键的历史要点:这种不信任在塔斯基吉研究公开披露之前就已存在。本文将梅毒研究置于更广泛的历史和社会背景中,以表明有几个因素已经并将继续影响非裔美国人对生物医学界的态度。