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Author:

Jones, Chip (Military historian), author.

Title:

The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South / Chip Jones.

Edition:

First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Heart--Transplantation--United States.
Tucker, Bruce.
Discrimination in medical care--United States.
African Americans--Medical care.
Health and race--United States.
Racism--Health aspects--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-373) and index.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1982107529
9781982107529

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1182910990

LCCN:

bl2020015982

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