The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
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- Heart + Transplantation + Social aspects -- United States
- Audiobooks
- 1900-1999
- History
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc + Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Tucker, Bruce -- Death and burial
- Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc + Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
other
Main title
The organ thieves
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Oclc number
1179040223
Responsibility statement
Chip Jones
Sub title
the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
Summary
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. Journalist 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
Target audience
adult
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