The Tuskegee Syphilis Study Was an Attempt to

question 2

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was an attempt to

• A) prevent the transmission of syphilis among college-age women.
• B) find out the long-term effects of syphilis when it is left untreated.
• C) develop ethical guidelines for doing research on animals.
• D) show that men and women need different types of medical treatment.

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