The Resource The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
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The item The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 431 p., [8] p. of plates
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Crown; London: Macmillan, 2010
- Isbn
- 9780330533447
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Title
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Statement of responsibility
- Rebecca Skloot
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skloot, Rebecca
- Dewey number
-
- 616'.02774'092
- 616.02774
- 616.02774
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lacks, Henrietta
- Cancer
- African American women
- Human experimentation in medicine
- HeLa cells
- Medical ethics
- Biography
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Crown; London: Macmillan, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 9780330533447
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 431 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780330533447
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.)
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Crown; London: Macmillan, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 9780330533447
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 431 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780330533447
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.)
Subject
- African American women -- Virginia -- Biography
- Biography
- Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography
- HeLa cells
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health
- Medical ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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