The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in America's segregated South
Jones, Charles, 1952-2021
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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, Charles, 1952-, author
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2021.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.
ISBN:
9781529400625 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Heart -- Transplantation -- United StatesTucker, Bruce (Bruce Oliver), -1968 -- Death and burialTransplantation 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 centuryHealth and race -- United StatesAfrican Americans -- Medical careHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
2525156
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