The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
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The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-373) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The organ thieves
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1182910990
Responsibility statement
Chip Jones
Sub title
the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
Summary
An investigation into how racial inequality has shaped the heart transplant race describes how in 1968 an injured black man checked into a hospital before his heart was removed and donated without his family's knowledge or consent
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Subject
- Racism + Health aspects -- United States
- Tucker, Bruce
- Racial bias
- African Americans + Medical care
- BIPOC + Medical care
- Racial bias + Health aspects -- United States
- Health -- Health care
- Racial discrimination
- Heart + Transplantation -- United States
- Health and race -- United States
- Racism
- Discrimination in medical care -- United States
- Minority groups + Medical care
- Racial discrimination + Health aspects -- United States
- Black people + Medical care
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject15
- Racism + Health aspects -- United States
- Tucker, Bruce
- Racial bias
- African Americans + Medical care
- BIPOC + Medical care
- Racial bias + Health aspects -- United States
- Health -- Health care
- Racial discrimination
- Heart + Transplantation -- United States
- Health and race -- United States
- Racism
- Discrimination in medical care -- United States
- Minority groups + Medical care
- Racial discrimination + Health aspects -- United States
- Black people + Medical care
- Content1
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