The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in America's segregated South
Jones, Chip2020
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In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart stolen out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. In this book, Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s.
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Author:
Jones, Chip, author
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2020.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529400588 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.1783
Language:
English
Subject:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryProcurement of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United StatesHeart -- Transplantation -- Social aspects -- United StatesDiscrimination in medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTucker, Bruce -- Death and burialHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
1955029
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