1. The Medical Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
... . She was taken to a "colored-only " operating room at the hospital that she had driven twenty miles to get to because it was the closest hospital that would treat black people (32, 15). Because of this racial and social divide (or one might say injustice) and because of how she was treated, Henrietta did not have much of a choice. She was a black, lower-class woman ... effect this could have on Henrietta's memory and the Lacks family if her name was released. It could have been partly in his own self-interest when Gey misled reporters about Henrietta's identity, but in the end, he did m...
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