The Organ Thieves
The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
New York : Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First Gallery books hardcover edition.
Description: viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Tucker, Bruce.
Heart -- Transplantation -- United States.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
African Americans -- Medical care.
Health and race -- United States.
Racism -- Health aspects -- United States.
Tucker, Bruce.
Heart -- Transplantation -- United States.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
African Americans -- Medical care.
Health and race -- United States.
Racism -- Health aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
9781982107529
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Society Healthcare Jon | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338) and index.