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Miss Evers' Boys
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A Government Lie. A Woman's Secret. A Story That Must Be Told.
Based on the shocking true story. Miss Evers' Boys exposes a 40 year government-backed medical research effort on humans which led to tragic consequences. It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas on a federaIly funded program to treat syphilis patients in AIabama. Free treatment is offered to those who test positive for the disease, including CaIeb Humphries and WilIie Johnson
But when the government withdraws is funding, money is offered for what wiIl become known as "The Tuskegee Experiment"; a study of the effects of syphiIis on patients who don't receive treatment. Now the men must be Ied to beIieve they are being cared for, when in fact they are being denied the medicine that could cure them. Miss Evers is faced with a terribIe diIemma - to abandon the experiment and teIl her patients or to remain silent and offer onIy comfort. lt is a life or death decision that will dictate the course not only of her life, but the Iives of all of Miss Evers' Boys. |
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