The Organ Thieves
The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2020]
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 10 audio discs (approximately 12 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects:
Tucker, Bruce -- Death and burial.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Heart -- Transplantation -- Social aspects -- United States.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Tucker, Bruce -- Death and burial.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Heart -- Transplantation -- Social aspects -- United States.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781797108322
UPC: 9781797108315
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CD HISTORY Jon | Sandhills Indoors | Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
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Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by JD Jackson.
Sound recording.
Read by JD Jackson.