The Resource The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
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The item The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart ; The resurrectionists ; The anatomy men ; "The limbo of the unclaimed"
- Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier ; Heart on ice ; Restless genius ; The glass jar ; Foreign exchange ; Finish line
- Part three. Reckoning. The fall ; His brother's heart ; The scream ; "Facts and circumstances"
- Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection ; The making of a medical celebrity ; The defender ; Relative death ; Time of trial ; Friends in high places ; Shaping of a verdict ; The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker ; Down in the well
- Epilogue. The soul of medicine
- Afterword. Unhealed history
- Isbn
- 9781529400595
- Label
- The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
- Title
- The organ thieves
- Title remainder
- the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
- Statement of responsibility
- Chip Jones
- Title variation
- Shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- WWBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Charles
- Dewey number
- 617.412
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Tucker, Bruce
- Heart
- Discrimination in medical care
- African Americans
- Health and race
- Racism
- Label
- The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart ; The resurrectionists ; The anatomy men ; "The limbo of the unclaimed" -- Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier ; Heart on ice ; Restless genius ; The glass jar ; Foreign exchange ; Finish line -- Part three. Reckoning. The fall ; His brother's heart ; The scream ; "Facts and circumstances" -- Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection ; The making of a medical celebrity ; The defender ; Relative death ; Time of trial ; Friends in high places ; Shaping of a verdict ; The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker ; Down in the well -- Epilogue. The soul of medicine -- Afterword. Unhealed history
- Control code
- 000067675067
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781529400595
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1190733064
- Label
- The organ thieves : the shocking story of the first heart transplant in the segregated South, Chip Jones
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. Roots. Case of the missing heart ; The resurrectionists ; The anatomy men ; "The limbo of the unclaimed" -- Part two. The race. Breaking the heart barrier ; Heart on ice ; Restless genius ; The glass jar ; Foreign exchange ; Finish line -- Part three. Reckoning. The fall ; His brother's heart ; The scream ; "Facts and circumstances" -- Part four. Troubles, trials, and tribulations. Rejection ; The making of a medical celebrity ; The defender ; Relative death ; Time of trial ; Friends in high places ; Shaping of a verdict ; The unresolved case of Bruce Tucker ; Down in the well -- Epilogue. The soul of medicine -- Afterword. Unhealed history
- Control code
- 000067675067
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781529400595
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1190733064
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