Deborah also learns of her moms cells being called HeLa cells. Soon the family gets calls from the lab asking for their blood for an issue they were having with the spread of the HeLa cells. The Lacks family had no knowledge of what the cells where though or where they came from. The researchers also kept it that way cause they knew the huge amounts of profit they were making from it all. This was all bad because the way the family saw it they believed Henrietta was still alive and was being tested on in many labs and also because they have been living in poverty when what they don't know is they could be rich! Skloot the author of the book gets untangled in the story as she helps Deborah uncover the truth of her her mom and sister Elsie. They find out sad news of Elsie actually dying alone and was abused in the hospital she was in. Skloot also ends up answering the questions over their mother and how she contributed to medical research to change the…
Fact 1: Henrietta Lacks was born Loretta Pleasant on August 1, 1920 in Roanoke Virginia, later passed on October 4, 195 due to cancer. She was sometimes erroneously called Henrietta Lakes, Helen Lane or Hennie. She was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor) which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create the first known human immortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line.…
The ethical issue presented is the story of Henrietta Lacks, or more aptly, the use of her cells. Mrs Lacks was born in 1920 and grew up as a poor, uneducated woman. Around 1951, at the age of 31, she passed away due to cervical cancer. Before she died however, doctors at the Baltimore hospital where she was treated, removed some of her tumour cells. These cells were soon discovered to be unique, as they could thrive in laboratory conditions, something which was never seen before in human cells.…
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot produces many different themes. Many of which continue to play a big role in today’s society. Throughout the novel, the author reveals the story of a woman who shook the scientific world with just her cells. Even today, her cells’ influence is still felt in medical research. However useful these cells are, obtaining them was very controversial. After reading the book, the main themes that stuck out in my mind are racism and ethics in medicine.…
Claribel Alegrίa in Nicaragua in 1924 and a year later her family was exiled to El Salvador because of her father’s support of Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Augusto César Sandino, Alegría 's family was forced into exile by Anastasio Somoza, a Nicaraguan politician who later became commander-in-chief of the Nicaraguan army and eventually the nation 's president. Her poem I am Mirror was translated in 1978. And is the topic for this critique.…
In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott,” the eponymous Lady is cursed to spend her life alone, weaving in the top of a tower, with a mirror as her only window to the outside world. Though she is trapped against her will, “in her web she still delights / to weave the mirror’s magic sights”. Into her endless tapestry, she weaves in all the images shown to her in the mirror, such as funerals, weddings, and the people who pass by on the road to Camelot. This creation of art is her only pleasure in life. However, after what is implied to be years of isolation, she becomes “half sick of shadows” and loses her artistic passion. At the chance passing of Lancelot, she cannot bear it any longer and leaves her weaving to look out and see the world for what it really is, bringing about her own death in the process. The Lady does not die for her love of Lancelot, who just happened to catch her interest at that moment, but for her love of life and the world, which she could not experience and, therefore, could not recreate in any way that did it justice in her mind.…
I really enjoyed Dr. Monica Smith’s lecture on what she does here at the college, and I also loved how the conversation progressed throughout the time that she was with us. It was enlightening to know what she does on the campus, and how she has already implemented changes to make the help make the campus more inclusive. Based on my experience with the previous Director of Diversity, I was never really sure what the individual in that position actually did. However, I learned that what she does focuses more on the administration and faculty, which I am happy to know. For example, she stated that, “She trains campus security officers about implicit bias and talked with them about police activity and the black lives matter movement” and how…
Firstly, I think my interaction with Laurie Bryant overall went very well. Throughout, the interaction I used skills that I have learnt and which I think I used effectively. So I will demonstrate the skills I have been learning and how successful these skills have been used. For example, Laurie’s response, feedback and evaluation. However, I will also talk about where I was less successful. This will also be shown within Laurie’s response, feedback and evaluation and my personal opinion. Then finally, I will produce my reflective evaluation, which will link into my reading, which will highlight my understanding of the importance of skills.…
Ms. Qorane did an excellent job with her presentation on Drug Information Pharmacy. Throughout the presentation it was apparent that a lot of work and research went into the making of this presentation and that her level of knowledge on this topic was great. I feel that the grade given is rightfully earned as she covered all of the rubric material within her presentation. Ms. Qorane talked about the role of the Pharmacist in Drug Information Pharmacy and how Pharmacists will prepare medication-use policies and procedures for drugs, and how they will write articles on improving health system’s adverse drug reaction reporting. She also talked about the impact that Drug Information Pharmacy has on the patient, and how Pharmacists will develop patient safety initiatives and work one on one with patients,…
The smell of hummus wafts through the air and the Muslim call to prayer rings in my ears on the streets of Jerusalem. The beautiful and haunting Arabic became one of my favorite sounds during my visit to the Holy Land. All of these memories come back to me with nostalgia and tinges of sadness as I read today’s Monitor articles and discuss terrorism in my Current Issues class. Ever since my visit to Israel, I’ve felt a personal connection with the plights of different peoples in the Middle East. Through reading the Monitor the past couple months, I discovered different ways to pray for this troubled sector of the globe.…
The psychological service where I met Mr Williams (identifiable information have been changed/omitted to maintain anonymity) is an IAPT service in South-East London. It delivers step 3 primary care, offering short-term therapy to clients who are often referred by their GP or may have self-referred. Treatment duration is limited to 8, although this may be extended up to 24 session based on client’s needs/recovery.…
My understanding and appreciation of cultural and contextual considerations shown throughout stylistic choices developed throughout this discussion. When I was reading The Stranger, there was a notion of hotness and higher temperatures that Meursault experienced throughout the book. During this discussion, one of the leaders pointed out that there was a reoccurring motif of the sun. Right then it clicked for me that the idea of hotness was really a part of the much larger motif, the sun and its multiple affects, especially on Meursault.…
paralanguage among many others. Will and Skylar share a lot of these by a communicative…
The first story I would like to talk about is "The Treause of Lemon Brown". This story is about a man named Lemon Brown who is homeless but has certain items in which he considers his treasure.This tells me that even when you have lost it all, you can still have that one thing you consider the most valuable thing in the world. Also, it tells me that you shouldn't judge a person until you know their story. This lesson has affected my life because it has taught me to look at less fortunate people in a different way, not to judge them immediately, and to appreciate the things you have.…
Since the last response to fictional novel, The Edible Woman written by Margret Atwood, Marian McAlpin's life and rebellion against (what was formally) the modern role of woman in society, becomes more afflictive and more self destructing. We left off Marian's introduction to her creeping struggle towards eating food when she begins empathizing for a steak that Peter (fiancee) is eating. Shortly after she is unable to eat meat. Ainsley continues her plan to have a child without any sign of father in it's life with Marian's old friend Len, and succeeds. She becomes pregnant after carefully seducing Len with with her virgin schoolgirl act. Shortly after Ainsley's plan of getting inpregnated is carried out Len is made aware of the situation by Marian, after much hesitation. While Len and Marian discuss, he tells Marian about his prolonging fear of eggs, and this leaves Marian impotent to eat her breakfast, soft boiled eggs. Marian is gradually becoming aware that Peter is detaching her from her own self as well as reality, taking her identity away from her by proposal, judgment toward her, and simply urging her by following societal patterns. When he decides to throw a party, whom Marian invited Duncan and roommates, Peter is critical towards Marian's wardrobe. He tells her to go out and buy a new dress and wear it to his gathering because all of her current clothing choices are "mousy". To please him, she finds a stunning red dress and show's up daringly done up. Duncan, an odd man she met surveying beer (whom she visits regularly now), isn't impressed by this. He asked her if it was a masquerade party and blatantly leaves, when Marian follows they find themselves spending the night with one another at a sleazy hotel. The next morning she is unable to eat a thing. To give the novel an unexpected ending, when she becomes fully aware that Peter must be consuming her identity, as a woman especially, she bakes him a women shaped cake in attempt of consuming him much…