Bibliograph

The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones

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The organ thieves, the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The organ thieves

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1182910990

Responsibility statement

Chip Jones

Sub title

the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart -- The resurrectionists -- The anatomy men -- "The limbo of the unclaimed" -- Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier --Heart on ice -- Restless genius -- The glass jar -- Foreign exchange -- Finish line -- Part three. Reckoning. The fall -- His brother's heart -- The scream -- "Facts and circumstances" -- Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection -- The making of a medical celebrity -- The defender -- Relative death -- Time of trial -- Friends in high places -- Shaping of a verdict --The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker -- Down in the well -- Epilogue. The soul of medicine -- Afterword. Unhealed history

Target audience

adult

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Shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South

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