The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
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viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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2nd Floor - Times
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English
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DLW210393
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338) and index.
Description
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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In 1968 Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury that would prove fatal. His heart was taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman-- without permission of Tucker's family. Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting-- and culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s. -- adapted from jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, C. (2020). The organ thieves: the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South (First Gallery books hardcover edition.). Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Charles, 1952-. 2020. The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Charles, 1952-. The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Charles. The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South First Gallery books hardcover edition., Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing, 2020.
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