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Mar. 30, 2021 - Clinical trials can hurt people of color
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How the demographics of clinical trials can hurt people of color.
Medical research in the U.S. has a dark history, particularly when it comes to the Black community. This has led many in communities of color to distrust the institution of medicine.
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Crosscut Now
Mar. 30, 2021 - Clinical trials can hurt people of color
3/30/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Medical research in the U.S. has a dark history, particularly when it comes to the Black community. This has led many in communities of color to distrust the institution of medicine.
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Medical research in the US has a dark history, particularly when it comes to the Black community.
- [Man] Medicine has abused and used BIPOC communities for the purposes of gaining medical knowledge, oftentimes without consent.
- The most well known example is the Tuskegee Study.
In 1932, researchers were interested in tracking the natural course of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection.
The US Public Health Service voluntarily enrolled 600 Black men in the study, but researchers never told the participants they were studying syphilis and hid their true objectives.
Researchers withheld treatment from the participants and continued to observe them until their deaths.
This is just one example that's led many in communities of color to distrust the institution of medicine.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
Crosscut series "Hidden Barriers" examines inequity in our healthcare systems.
Watch the full episodes at Crosscut.com.
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