title: Sankofan socio-ethical reflections: the Tuskegee University National Bioethics Center's decade of operation, 1999-2009.
abstract: Primarily, this is a Sankofan socio-ethical analysis of the moral foundation of the Tuskegee University National Bioethics Center's decade of operation. The first section of the study will do the following: a) a Sankofan socio-ethical analysis of the Center's raison d'être; and b) definitions of ethical terms and the social world of the infamous syphilis study. The second section, as a result of the analysis, will address the Center's following challenges: c) the Center's challenge of theory and practice; d) the Center's challenge of moral heritage; and e) the Center's challenge of the future.
authors.affiliation: Interdenominational Theological Seminary, 1409 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA. dukeearl@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Riggins R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Earl
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history; D000407:Alabama; D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history*; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D032984:Ethics, Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D013587:Syphilis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration