Book Club kit : The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
(Book Club Kit)
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Published
New York : Broadway, c2011.
Physical Desc
6 bks. (xiv, 381 pages, [8] pages of plates) : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. + 1 discussion guide
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Format
Book Club Kit
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8, 18 Points
Level 8, 18 Points
Lexile measure
1140
Notes
General Note
Includes reader's guide: p. 379-381.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-366) and index.
Description
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is 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 are made of--From publisher description.
Target Audience
1140 L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,8,18,SD,Quiz 151442,English non-fiction.
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LC Subjects
African American women -- Health and hygiene.
African American women -- History.
African American women -- Virginia -- Biography.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.
Cancer -- Research.
Cell culture.
HeLa cells.
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health.
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951.
Medical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Medical ethics.
African American women -- History.
African American women -- Virginia -- Biography.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.
Cancer -- Research.
Cell culture.
HeLa cells.
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951 -- Health.
Lacks, Henrietta, -- 1920-1951.
Medical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Medical ethics.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Skloot, R. (2011). Book Club kit: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks . Broadway.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. 2011. Book Club Kit: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Broadway.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-. Book Club Kit: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Broadway, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Skloot, Rebecca. Book Club Kit: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Broadway, 2011.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Life. The exam ... 1951 ; Clover ... 1920-1942 ; Diagnosis and treatment ... 1951 ; The birth of HeLa ... 1951 ; "Blackness be spreadin all inside ... 1951 ; "Lady's on the phone" ... 1999 ; The death and life of cell culture ... 1951 ; "A miserable specimen ... 1951 ; Turner Station ... 1999 ; The other side of the tracks ... 1999 ; "The devil of pain itself" ... 1951 -- Death. The storm ... 1951 ; The HeLa factory ... 1951-1953 ; Helen Lane ... 1953-1954 ; "Too young to remember" ... 1951-1965 ; "Spending eternity in the same place" ... 1999 ; Illegal, immoral, and deplorable ... 1954-1966 ; "Strangest hybrid" ... 1960-1966 ; "The most critical time on this earth is now" ... 1966-1973 ; The HeLa bomb ... 1966 ; Night doctors ... 2000 ; "The fame she so richly deserves" ... 1970-1973 -- Immortality. "It's alive" ... 1973-1974 ; "Least they can do" ... 1975 ; "Who told you you could sell my spleen?" ... 1976-1988 ; Breach of privacy ... 1980-1985 ; The secret of immortality ... 1984-1995 ; After London ... 1996-1999 ; A village of Henriettas ... 2000 ; Zakariyya ... 2000 ; Hela, goddess of death ... 2000-2001 ; "All that's my mother" ... 2001 ; The hospital for the Negro insane ... 2001 ; The medical records ... 2001 ; Soul cleansing ... 2001 ; Heavenly bodies ... 2001 ; "Nothing to be scared about" ... 2001 ; The long road to Clover ... 2009 -- Where they are now. | |
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