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  • Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
     
  •  
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.
     
  •  
  • Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia.
     
  •  
  • Women, Black -- History
     
  •  
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
     
  •  
  • HeLa cells.
     
  •  
  • Cancer -- Research.
     
  •  
  • Cell culture.
     
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  • Cytology -- Research -- United States.
     
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  • Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies.
     
     
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    The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (book club kit - fiction) / Rebecca Skloot.
    by Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
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    Crown Publishers, c2010.
    Call #:BOOK CLUB KIT 616.02774 S628i
    Subjects
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.
  •  
  • Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia.
  •  
  • Women, Black -- History
  •  
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.
  •  
  • HeLa cells.
  •  
  • Cancer -- Research.
  •  
  • Cell culture.
  •  
  • Cytology -- Research -- United States.
  •  
  • Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies.
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    URL856Information kit for "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"
    ISBN: 
    9781400052189 (trade pbk.)
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    Book club kit : The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
    Bookclub kit : The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
    Description: 
    10 copies, x, 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
    Notes: 
    Holds can be placed via the Request Form on our website. Please include your library card number, the date you would like to pick up the kit, the branch location, and list several titles for each date, in case your first pick is not available.
    Ideal for your Book Club or Reading Group. This kit includes a nylon Halifax Public Libraries bag with 10 copies of Rebecca Skloot's "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks", along with author and title information, and a list of discussion questions. The kit is available to borrow for 6 weeks.
    Bibliography: 
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-358) and index.
    Summary: 
    "Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same."--Cover.
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