The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-2019
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story.
Main title:
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot ; with an introduction by Sarah Moss.
Author:
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2019.
Collation:
xxii, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Crown; London: Macmillan, 2010.Originally published: New York: Crown, 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781509877027 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.02774092B LAC616.02774616.027
LC class:
RC265.6.L24
Local class:
616.02774B LACBIO
Language:
English
Subject:
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- HealthCancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- BiographyAfrican American women -- Virginia -- BiographyHuman experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryHeLa cellsMedical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBiographyCancer -- Patients -- VirginiaAfrican American women -- VirginiaHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
2250268