http://www.nmperspectiveonline.com/artman2/publish/ Community News and Information Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:30:21 PST en-us http://www.nmperspectiveonline.com/artman2/publish/health/MEDICAL_APARTHEID_and_Students_of_Color.shtml Health <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Imagine suffering from excruciating pain and a high fever. Nothing you've taken medicinally seems to work. You are admitted to <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the</span> local hospital where you undergo procedures that maintain the illusion you are being treated for your ailment. It isn't until after your death years later that your family learns that the treatment and procedures you were subjected to were both ineffectual and bogus. “The Tuskegee Study” is often cited as the benchmark for using impoverished and unwitting African Americans for medical experiments. </span></p> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:32:53 PST http://www.nmperspectiveonline.com/artman2/publish/health/MEDICAL_APARTHEID_and_Students_of_Color.shtml