Ebook {Epub PDF} The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

In , Rebecca Skloot published The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a compelling look at Henrietta Lacks’ story, her impact on medical science, and important bioethical issues. That book became the basis for the HBO/Harpo film by the same name, which was released in April Henrietta Lacks was a woman who unknowingly donated her cells here at Hopkins in , beginning what was . The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Throughout the book, Skloot confronts the ethical question as to whether it is possible for her, as a white woman, to write this story without propagating the hurt already done to the Lacks family. Although she believes herself prepared from the start, demonstrating knowledge of the unethical history of white science, she continues to make a conscious effort to . The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re .

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re made of. In , Rebecca Skloot published The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a compelling look at Henrietta Lacks’ story, her impact on medical science, and important bioethical issues. That book became the basis for the HBO/Harpo film by the same name, which was released in April Henrietta Lacks was a woman who unknowingly donated her cells here at Hopkins in , beginning what was the first, and, for many years, the only human cell line able to reproduce indefinitely. Skloot's debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It was chosen as a best book of by more than sixty media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, People, and the New York Times.