{"product_id":"the-organ-thieves","title":"The Organ Thieves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1968 Bruce Tucker a black man went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury only to have his heart stolen out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now in \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing years of research and fresh reporting \u003ci\u003eThe Organ Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e is a story that resonates now more than ever when issues of race and healthcare are the stuff of headlines and horror stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791195730099,"sku":"9781529400625","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478121639781529400625.jpg?v=1762853794","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-organ-thieves","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}