Many terrible things have been done to African Americans for the sake of medical experiments. There's no denying this. Some of the examples given in this work were incredibly gut wrenching to read; almost impossible to believe that people could be so cruel to each other. The practice hasn't ceased to exist but things have gotten better. The author does make this statement a couple of times. So the problem I had with this book was its' almost universal condemnation of the medical field. There are always two sides to every story and for me, the author's almost complete lack of objectivity took away from the over all credibility of the book.