Friday, November 18, 2011

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks



Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

Title: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Published: New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2011

Description: xiv, 381 p., plates :ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Call Number: RC265.6 L24 S55 2011

Note(s): "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form ... by Crown Publishers ... in 2010"--T.p. verso. "Reading group guide"--P. [379]-381

Subject(s):
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951--Health
  • Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography
  • African American women--History
  • Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History
  • HeLa cells
  • Cancer--Research
  • Cell culture
  • Medical ethics
Read: November 18, 2011