Book club in a bag : The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
(Book Club Kit)
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Adult (ORDER LOC) | ON ORDER | 10 On Order |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- History
African Americans
Biographies.
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
Cancer -- Research
Cell culture
HeLa cells
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health
Medical ethics
Organ donors
Prejudices
Racism in medicine -- United States -- History
African Americans
Biographies.
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
Cancer -- Research
Cell culture
HeLa cells
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health
Medical ethics
Organ donors
Prejudices
Racism in medicine -- United States -- History
More Details
Physical Desc
10 copies, x, 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm + discussion guide
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8, 18 Points
Level 8, 18 Points
Notes
General Note
Ten copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for use by a book club. The entire kit must be checked out by a single library card holder, who will be responsible for returning all copies together in the kit
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-358) and index
Description
Ten copies plus discussion guide. 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
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,8.0,18,151442
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,8.0,18.0,151442
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Skloot, R. (2010). Book club in a bag : The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks . Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. 2010. Book Club in a Bag : The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. Book Club in a Bag : The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Crown Publishers, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca. Book Club in a Bag : The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Crown Publishers, 2010.
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