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How was the Tuskegee syphilis study ever greenlit? Was it intended to be so prolonged, or were the initial indications that it'd be a 6-month study honest? Its secrecy implies those in charge realized what they were doing was wrong; was their cavalier attitude towards patients typical for the time?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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