The+Immortal+Life+of+Henrietta+Lacks

This page is dedicated to topics and issues identified in our 2012-13 common reading text, //The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks//. If you find a useful source, topic, or page, please post it under the appropriate category below.
 * Overview**

Reader Guide Teacher Guide (still useful for students) HeLa Study Guide
 * Resources**

Malpractice Access and quality of healthcare Universal healthcare Issues of race and access to quality healthcare Class and equality Johns Hopkins Hospital then and now Profit sharing for cells being commercialized Informed consent Experimentation on humans Holocaust experimentation Nuremburg Trials and ethical code of conduct Policy on human research subjects today Bioethics Cloning Genetic research Topography of HeLa cells around the world Diseases which have been cured/understood with HeLa cells Issues of ownership Privacy of medical records Religion/faith and cultural reactions to science Cultural perceptions of health practice Women's access to healthcare Women's rights and medical procedure The evolution of cancer treatment and methods since Henrietta's death
 * Potential Topics**