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On the Appearance and Disappearance of Difficult Medical Histories: What Does It Take to Sustain Public Memory?

The article discusses an essay by M. A. Rodriguez and R. Garcia about the U.S. sexually transmitted disease (STD) experiments in Guatemala. Topics include sample medical record from the U.S. public health service STD experiments in Guatemala, facts that remind us that collective relationships and pe...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 114; no. 6; pp. 564 - 569
Main Authors: Reverby, Susan M., Moran-Thomas, Amy
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association Jun2024
Subjects:
Guatemala
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social justice
Legal procedure
Indigenous peoples
Human research subjects
Bioethics
Human rights
Informed consent (Medical law)
Public health
Discrimination (Sociology)
Psychosocial factors
Infectious disease transmission
Benevolence
Experimental design
Medical records
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses an essay by M. A. Rodriguez and R. Garcia about the U.S. sexually transmitted disease (STD) experiments in Guatemala. Topics include sample medical record from the U.S. public health service STD experiments in Guatemala, facts that remind us that collective relationships and persistence both matter, and implication of the chapter of research misconduct from Guatemala.