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The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South

Jones, Chip

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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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 JON

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