The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, this book is intriguing. The contribution of the of the “HeLa cell” it created tremendous bounds in the advancement of science. However, the experiences were dreadful and the Lack’s family went through a lot of it to deliver this to the scientific community. The bias in American health care at the time were unacceptable, therefore, she experienced the atrocious service provided there by the people who worked there. Just reading about what she went through with the service from a hospital, what really got me round up was how she had a horrendous fever and the doctors wrote she was in acceptable health. This is unacceptable, discrimination just grinds my gears. They way the treated African Americans was
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The doctors were uncooperative with the Lacks family, the did not fully explain the procedure that she underwent or the effects it would have on her. Furthermore, the healthcare professionals went drastically further in violations of her rights by taking a sample of her cancer without her permission numerous on numerous accounts. This is unacceptable practices conducted by the doctors. On the other hand, these cells became the groundwork for scientists to excel and luxuriate in breakthroughs achieved. The “Hela cells” contributed a variety of science fields from a vaccine for the polio virus, cloning, and gene mapping all comes through the use of her cells. Decades after her death the cells are still being used, her accomplishments in the field were relatively unknown till a student wrote this book. Henrietta Lacks never received the recognition for her helps in the achievement of the advancement of science. For a student to have gone out of her way for someone they barely know, above all is unbelievably heart warming. This book shows us the unethical way that doctors practiced, but it turned out to better humanity, then left to examine this struggle to generate their own presupposition. The cells taken from her and her family never received financial support. Consequently, this should not bother anyone at all, to know that they made a difference in the world, that's better than money.
The doctors were uncooperative with the Lacks family, the did not fully explain the procedure that she underwent or the effects it would have on her. Furthermore, the healthcare professionals went drastically further in violations of her rights by taking a sample of her cancer without her permission numerous on numerous accounts. This is unacceptable practices conducted by the doctors. On the other hand, these cells became the groundwork for scientists to excel and luxuriate in breakthroughs achieved. The “Hela cells” contributed a variety of science fields from a vaccine for the polio virus, cloning, and gene mapping all comes through the use of her cells. Decades after her death the cells are still being used, her accomplishments in the field were relatively unknown till a student wrote this book. Henrietta Lacks never received the recognition for her helps in the achievement of the advancement of science. For a student to have gone out of her way for someone they barely know, above all is unbelievably heart warming. This book shows us the unethical way that doctors practiced, but it turned out to better humanity, then left to examine this struggle to generate their own presupposition. The cells taken from her and her family never received financial support. Consequently, this should not bother anyone at all, to know that they made a difference in the world, that's better than money.