The Tuskegee Syphilis Study Involved 400 Poor and Mostly Illiterate

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee Syphilis study involved 400 poor and mostly illiterate black men in Alabama who were diagnosed with syphilis. The United States Public Health Service medically monitored the men for decades without telling the men their diagnosis and without treating their illness for which treatment was cheap and readily available. The actions of the Public Health Service constitutes:

A) Ethical medical care
B) State crime
C) Elite Deviance
D) An unfortunate incident
E) Both B and