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    at least the 1800s‚ black oral history has been filled with tales of “night doctors” who kidnapped black people for research.” (Page 165) The author of “The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” Rebecca Skloot goes back and forth from Henrietta’s personal and scientific history within the book. In chapter 21 Rebecca finally meets most of Henrietta’s children and goes through a test to see if she’s worthy of their mothers information but‚ while discussing with the family they go into the myth of night doctors

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    Throughout the novel‚ Rebecca‚ author Daphne du Maurier often reminds the reader of the constant battle of flesh versus spirit. This battle takes place between Rebecca‚ who takes the role of the spirit‚ in a sense that she died‚ but was never forgotten and always remembered as a perfect being who everyone loved. The flesh would be the role of Mrs. De Winter who married Rebecca’s husband Maxim De Winter. Mrs. De Winter is compared in several ways to Rebecca because she is a shy woman who feels easily

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    gist of the story. Next‚ consider the book’s argument. What is (are) the key takeaway(s)? What broader message is the author trying to convey? Was the argument overt or implied? Explain and Discuss. :) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot. I was required to read this book for one of my classes. I was not able to put the book down. It discusses the unethical behavior and cultural differences in the 1950s. This woman succumbs racism‚ inequality‚ injustice and suffering. Henrietta

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    taken from her could possibly be used to develop a multimillion-dollar medical industry. In an even crueler twist of fate‚ her descendants lived in poverty without access to affordable health care. The book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot‚ tells the story of a women‚ Henrietta Lacks‚ and her family. Ms. Lacks was treated for cervical cancer at John’s Hopkins Hospital in 1951. Her malignant cervical cells were harvested and distributed to become the first “immortal” cell line

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    “For me‚ it’s writing a book and telling people about this story.” Freelance science writer who specializes in science and medicine‚ Rebecca Skloot‚ started her writing career with her first book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. This book took Rebecca more than a decade to research and write. It instantly hit the New York Times best-seller list where it has remained for more than four years since its publication in 2010. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was about an African-American woman

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    Skloot’s purpose in writing this book‚ I believe‚ is to help out the Lacks family by giving Henrietta credit for the cells that were taken away from her by the Johns Hopkins University hospital. They took away her cells without her being aware. Rebecca also wants to show Henrietta’s family side of this story not only the scientific research that others have done‚ if this book wasn’t made‚ then it wouldn’t have helped the Lacks family in any kind of way. In the book it says how Deborah always got

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    first cells that could be cultured and “reproduced indefinitely‚” the first line of immortal human cells (Epstein). Her cells have helped millions and have been used for countless experiments and tests‚ yet she herself wasn’t fully acknowledged until Rebecca Skloot wrote the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and her family was not informed that their mother’s cells were still alive until 1973‚ twenty two years after her death (Skloot). Henrietta’s case is only one of hundreds of cases where their

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    The Henrietta Lacks case brings up a lot of different issues‚ most of which have to do with ethical dilemmas. First off‚ Henrietta is an African American woman who came from a poor part of Virginia and was poorly educated and‚ unfortunately‚ so was most of her family. Where she grew up was mostly full of members of her family and ended up marrying her cousin‚ Day‚ now that is a heavily frowned upon in mainstream society but where she grew up it was normal. She and Day eventually moved to Baltimore

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    Do The Ends Ever Justify The Means? In her novel‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ author Rebecca Skloot addresses the many variations of ethics by telling the readers about the life of a poor African American Southern tobacco worker living in a time where racism was apparent. In 1951‚ Henrietta was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 30 and reseachers had taken her cells without her permission. The major concern that arises in the novel in my opinion is the lack of informed consent

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    The book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ by Rebecca Skloot covers multiple topics regarding legal‚ cultural‚ and medical issues in health care through the story of Henrietta Lacks‚ her children‚ and her immortal cells. Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920 in Roanoke‚ Virginia. While living in what her family called the "home house"‚ Henrietta shared a room with her first cousin David‚ or Day. In 1935‚ when Henrietta was 14‚ the two had a child named Lawrence. They later had another child‚ Elsie

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