Medical Apartheid

Medical Apartheid
Paperback edition cover
AuthorHarriet A. Washington
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnethical human experimentation in the United States
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
9 January 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages512 pp.
ISBN978-0385509930

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present is a 2007 book by Harriet A. Washington. It is a history of medical experimentation on African Americans. From the era of slavery to the present day, this book presents the first detailed account of black Americans' abuse as unwitting subjects of medical experimentation.[1][2]