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100 1 _aSkloot, Rebecca,
_d1972-
245 1 4 _aThe immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
_cRebecca Skloot.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_cc2010.
300 _ax, 369 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c25 cm.
510 3 _aLibrary Journal Starred, December 2009
510 3 _aBooklist starred, December 2009
510 3 _aPub Weekly, October 2009
510 3 _aKirkus Starred, January 2010
520 _aExamines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
521 2 _aAdult
_bFollett Library Resources
600 1 0 _aLacks, Henrietta,
_d1920-1951
_xHealth.
650 0 _aHuman experimentation in medicine
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHeLa cells.
650 0 _aCancer
_xPatients
_zVirginia
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American women
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCancer
_xResearch.
650 0 _aCell culture.
650 0 _aMedical ethics.
600 1 7 _aLacks, Henrietta,
_d1920-1951.
_2sears
650 7 _aHuman experimentation in medicine
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aHeLa cells.
_2sears
650 7 _aCancer
_xPatients
_vBiography.
_2sears
650 7 _aAfrican American women
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aCancer
_xResearch.
_2sears
650 7 _aCell culture.
_2sears
650 7 _aMedical ethics.
_2sears
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