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Tuskegee as Sacred Rhetoric: Focal Point for the Emergent Field of African American Religion and Health.

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  • Author(s): Laws T;Laws T
  • Source:
    Journal of religion and health [J Relig Health] 2018 Feb; Vol. 57 (1), pp. 408-419.
  • Publication Type:
    Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985199R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-6571 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00224197 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Relig Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: New York, NY : Springer
      Original Publication: New York : Academy of Religion and Mental Health.
    • Subject Terms:
      Black or African American*/history ; Black or African American*/psychology ; Bioethics* ; Religion* ; Syphilis*/ethnology ; Syphilis*/history; Human Experimentation/*ethics; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; United States
    • Abstract:
      Scholars in African American religion engage the Tuskegee Syphilis Study as the focal point of the African American experience in institutional medicine. Seeking a way forward from this history and its intentional evil, the author proposes to position Tuskegee as a form of Lynch's culturally contextual sacred rhetoric to make use of its metaphoric value in the emerging field of African American religion and health. In this broader meaning-making frame, Tuskegee serves as a reminder that African American religious sensibility has long been an agential resource that counters abuse of the Black body. It also acknowledges the complex decisions facing African American clinical trial participants.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: African American religion and health; Agency; Bioethics and race; Sacred rhetoric; Tuskegee
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20171025 Date Completed: 20190117 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s10943-017-0505-y
    • Accession Number:
      29064071