USPHS Surgeons General and Assistant Secretaries for Health: Awareness of Tuskegee Study (1947-1972)

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• → SHARES-EVENT Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Government Medical Experimentation and 1972 Exposure [file] — This dossier directly investigates the awareness of officials regarding the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
• → SHARES-EVENT USPHS Withholding of Penicillin Treatment in Tuskegee Study: Archival Documentation and Decision Records [file] — The withholding of penicillin in Tuskegee is a critical aspect of the study that Surgeons General and Assistant Secretaries for Health might have been aware of.
• → SHARES-ACTOR USPHS Internal Memos on Tuskegee Study Ethics (1945–1972): Documented Discussion and Justifications [file] — Internal ethics memos would likely have been addressed to or generated by departments under the oversight of the Surgeon General or Assistant Secretary for Health.
• → SHARES-ACTOR Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Institutional Knowledge and Chain of Command (1932–1972) [file] — This dossier directly relates to understanding the knowledge and accountability within the USPHS chain of command concerning the Tuskegee Study.
• → SHARES-EVENT Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Pre-Exposure Physician and Public Health Official Objections [file] — Any pre-1972 objections raised by physicians or public health officials would likely have been directed up the chain of command, potentially reaching the Surgeons General or Assistant Secretaries for Health.