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Author:
Jones, Charles, 1952- author.
Title:
The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South / Chip Jones.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
10 audio discs (approximately 12 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Books on compact disc, Unabridged.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--History--United States--History--20th century.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Heart--Social aspects--Social aspects--United States.
Discrimination in medical care--United States--History--20th century.
Other Authors:
Jackson, JD, narrator.
Notes:
Read by JD Jackson. Compact discs.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
1797108328
9781797108322
179710831X
9781797108315
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1179040223
Locations:
UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

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