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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) is a result of Rebecca Skloot’s discovery and findings devoted to Henrietta’s life story along with her family members that revived the real person behind tremendous scientific accomplishments sprung of immortal HeLa cells’ exploitation. The research of HeLa cells has changed various areas of medical study and stepped forward scientific breakthroughs that continues today. HeLa cells were central for developing the polio vaccine; exposed secrets of breast

some cells from her cancer during her first treatment. The doctor did not notify Henrietta of this being done. The cells were put in test tubes and began growing in the laboratory. Henrietta's cells were the first immortal human cells in the world. Rebecca Skloot learned about Henrietta Lacks while she was in a biology class at the community college she was attending. She became fascinated with Henrietta and began trying to learn more about her. The contents in the book are a lot like what we have been

In the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, starts off explaining of how the author got intrigued by the astonishing HeLa cells from her community college biology class. Her instructor, Donald Defler, only knew limited facts about the cells and nothing about Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot wanted to learn more about the HeLa cells and the woman herself. The Lacks family knows very little about what actually happened to Henrietta during her battle with cancer and what the

Name:_______________________ Date/Period:__________________ Part 1 Henrietta Lacks Multiple Choice Questions Directions: Circle the best answer for each question.Each question has only one right answer. Use your knowledge of the book to help you answer each question. What genre is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Biography Non-fiction Historical Fiction Creative Non-fiction Why did David Lacks take Henrietta to the public ward at John Hopkins instead of a closer hospital? He

One of the most important responsibilities of a Nurse is to understand the ethical principles to promote patient safety, quality of care and avoid errors. In the profession of nursing, we as nurses must maintain the integrity, and respect the rights of human subjects. One of the protecting human subject rights includes the right to self determination. According to Burns and Grove (2011) “The right to self- determination is based on the ethical principle of respect for persons, and it indicates that

The “Good” Doctors There were 884 million doctor’s visits in the US alone in 2014, another 125 million counting hospital visits. It is clear that society trusts the doctors and nurses that it employs to uphold high standards to carry on with the task of saving lives. Our society doesn’t blink an eye and puts all its faith into doctors without question. Society assumes that all doctors are good and ignores the potential of an immoral doctor. A study conducted by the NCBI showed that 90% of all

College Running head: REFLECTIVE PAPER ON HENRIETTA LACKS 1 Reflective paper on Henrietta Lacks The immortal life of Henrietta lack is a very inspiring and interesting book which tells the story behind the HeLa cells. This book was written by Rebecca Skloot who got interested in HeLa cells while sitting in her biology class. The book is not just about HeLa cells, it is a great material to see the life of the HeLa cell’s donor, Henrietta Lacks, and the HeLa cells impact on modern medicine as well

“ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, is a very well written, thought out and informative book about the ethical and legal issues in healthcare. Skloot discusses Henrietta Lacks and her family, and what they endured throughout her hospital stay and after life. Rebecca Skloot interviewed Henrietta’s family, friends, neighbors and experts on the case to help write a truthful book. Henrietta’s cells were taken without her permission and the book goes in-depth about the journey her

tested on. Henrietta later died in the hospital, her cancer cells lived on. With more research being conducted more scientist found solutions to some of the world’s diseases. In the prologue of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” the author Rebecca Skloot wrote “I’ve tried to imagine how she’d feel knowing that her cells went up in the first space mission to see what would happen to human cells in zero gravity, or that they helped with some of the most important advances in medicine: the polio

‘The Family That Doesn’t Get Paid for Cells’ This is a story about Love and cells; and begins with the City of Baltimore, Maryland. Henrietta Lacks’ and her HeLa cells, while cells were derived from patients they could grow for a short period of time, they ignominiously died and could not be propagated. This changed in 1951 when a woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks was biopsied for a painful tumor and later died October 4, 1951. Cells derived from her cervical cancer were found to thrive in an