ORCiD
Katie Savin: 0000-0001-8155-0749
Department
Social Work
Abstract
This article considers intergenerational trauma by drawing on the experience of a 37-year-old Black woman whose great-grandfather died as a result of involuntary involvement in the US Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Although she never met her great-grandfather, the abuse, exploitation, and human rights violations he suffered at the hands of the US government profoundly influenced her health experiences. This article contextualizes her experiences in light of past medical abuse and microethics.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2021
Publication Title
AMA Journal of Ethics
ISSN
2376-6980
Volume
23
Issue
2
DOI
10.1001/AMAJETHICS.2021.183
First Page
E183
Last Page
E188
Recommended Citation
Sacks, Tina K.; Savin, Katie; and Walton, Quenette L., "How ancestral trauma informs patients' health decision making" (2021). All Faculty Scholarship. 498.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/shs-all/498
