Author of ‘Medical Apartheid’ Harriet Washington Explains Why African Americans, after 400 Years, Are Justly Suspicious of U.S. Medicine  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Why are many African Americans suspicious of health care professionals and institutions? What explains this lack of trust, this disconnect? The disturbing answer, according to Harriet Washington, goes back a long time … Continue reading Torture and Abuse in the Name of Medicine