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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks  Cover Image Book Book

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Summary:

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description

Contents:

A few words about this book
Prologue: the woman in the photograph
Deborah's voice
Part One: Life
The exam 1951
Clover 1920-1942
Diagnosis and treatment 1951
The birth of HeLa 1951
"
Blackness be spreadin all inside"
1951
"
Lady's on the phone"
1999
The death and life of cell culture 1951
"
A miserable specimen"
1951
Turner Station 1999
The other side of the tracks 1999
"
The devil of pain itself"
1951
Part Two: Death
The storm 1951
The HeLa factory 1951-1953
Helen Lane 1953-1954
"
Too young to remember"
1951-1965
"
Spending eternity in the same place"
1999
Illegal, immoral, and deplorable 1954-1966
"
Strangest hybrid"
1960-1966
"
The most critical time on this earth is now"
1966-1973
The HeLa bomb 1966
Night doctors 2000
"
The fame she so richly deserves"
1970-1973
Part Three: Immortality
"
It's alive"
1973-1974
"
Least they can do"
1975
"
Who told you you could sell my spleen?"
1976-1988
Breach of privacy 1980-1985
The secret of immortality 1984-1995
After London 1996-1999
A village of Henriettas 2000
Zakariyya 2000
Hela, goddess of death 2000-2001
"
All that's my mother"
2001
The hospital for the Negro insane 2001
The medical records 2001
Soul cleansing 2001
Heavenly bodies 2001
"
Nothing to be scared about"
2001
The long road to Clover 2009
Where they are now
About the Henrietta Lacks Foundation
Afterword
Cast of characters
Timeline
Reading group guide.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1400052181
  • ISBN: 9781400052189
  • Physical Description: xiv, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., [2011]
  • Badges:
    • Most Copies: 2 / 5.0
    • Top Circs: 1 / 5.0
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-366) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A few words about this book
Prologue: the woman in the photograph
Deborah's voice
Part One: Life
The exam 1951
Clover 1920-1942
Diagnosis and treatment 1951
The birth of HeLa 1951
"Blackness be spreadin all inside" 1951
"Lady's on the phone" 1999
The death and life of cell culture 1951
"A miserable specimen" 1951
Turner Station 1999
The other side of the tracks 1999
"The devil of pain itself" 1951
Part Two: Death
The storm 1951
The HeLa factory 1951-1953
Helen Lane 1953-1954
"Too young to remember" 1951-1965
"Spending eternity in the same place" 1999
Illegal, immoral, and deplorable 1954-1966
"Strangest hybrid" 1960-1966
"The most critical time on this earth is now" 1966-1973
The HeLa bomb 1966
Night doctors 2000
"The fame she so richly deserves" 1970-1973
Part Three: Immortality
"It's alive" 1973-1974
"Least they can do" 1975
"Who told you you could sell my spleen?" 1976-1988
Breach of privacy 1980-1985
The secret of immortality 1984-1995
After London 1996-1999
A village of Henriettas 2000
Zakariyya 2000
Hela, goddess of death 2000-2001
"All that's my mother" 2001
The hospital for the Negro insane 2001
The medical records 2001
Soul cleansing 2001
Heavenly bodies 2001
"Nothing to be scared about" 2001
The long road to Clover 2009
Where they are now
About the Henrietta Lacks Foundation
Afterword
Cast of characters
Timeline
Reading group guide.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 18 151442.
Awards Note:
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, 2010; Wellcome Trust Book Prize, 2010.
Subject: Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951 Health
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography
African American women History
Human experimentation in medicine United States History
Racism in medicine United States History
HeLa cells
Cancer Research
Cell culture
Medical ethics
African Americans
Prejudices
Organ donors
Racism in medicine History
Cancer Patients Virginia Biography
Cancer Research
Black or African American
Confidentiality ethics
HeLa Cells
History, 20th Century
Human Experimentation ethics
Prejudice
Tissue and Organ Procurement ethics
Tissue Donors
Cells, Cultured
Ethics, Medical
United States
Noires américaines Histoire
Expérimentation humaine en médecine États-Unis Histoire
Racisme en médecine Histoire
Cellules HeLa
Cancer Recherche
Cellules Culture
Éthique médicale
Noirs américains
Médecine Histoire 20e siècle
Préjugés
Donneurs d'organes
African American
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Medical (incl. Patients)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Cultural, Ethnic & Regional General
HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases Cancer
Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951
Prejudices
Organ donors
African Americans
African American women
Cancer Patients
Cancer Research
Cell culture
Health
HeLa cells
Human experimentation in medicine
Medical ethics
Racism in medicine
United States
Virginia
UNITED STATES
Lacks, Henrietta 1920-1951
Cancer Patients Biography
African American women Health and hygiene
Human experimentation in medicine United States History
Cancer Research
Cells
Medical ethics
Genre: Biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Paperback.
Biography.

Currently available copies

  • 44 out of 53 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 5 out of 5 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 2 out of 2 copies are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library
921 LACKS ( Send Text)
31022009631489 ADULT Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library
921 LACKS ( Send Text)
31022009774974 ADULT Available

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