Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

so-so

This was interesting, but a bit rambly at times. I think I know more about heart transplants than I ever thought I would at this point lol
The Tucker family got such a raw deal here and I'm unsurprised the son refused to speak to the author - they got nothing, not even an apology, for what was clearly negligence, statute of limitations be damned.
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night_shift Bruce had a business card for his brother in his damn pocket 😡 that's bare minimum. The family found out organs were taken by the funeral director - that's horrifying and such a lack of common decency. 3y

night_shift So much about how this was handled was just.. messed up, especially considering heart transplants for decades after this were still considered even by heart surgeons that did them, as somewhat experimental in humans. They were doing trial and error in humans in the sake of progress and I dunno how I feel about that. 3y

night_shift I work in the donation industry and yeah, this hit a little different I guess. 3y

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MonicaLoves2Read

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

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Not what I thought it would be. I figured it go in depth on the case and it was more a history of Medical Schools using cadavers from the beginning of the USA. Took me forever to read.

Thanks Netgalley for the Kindle version of the book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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IReadThereforeIBlog

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

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Charles “Chip” Jones is a former communications director of the Richmond Academy of Medicine and earned a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize during his 30 year reporting career. This is the horrifying and fascinating account of the murky circumstances in which a black man‘s heart was put into a white man‘s body in 1968 Richmond, Virginia, which Jones ties back to the state‘s historic segregation and poor treatment of its black community.

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Cinfhen

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

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At times I felt like I was reading Bill Bryson‘s A Short History of Nearly Everything. This is much more than just the story of Bruce Tucker‘s ultimate gift to medical science. Author Chip Jones takes many side journeys before settling on the duplicity and scandal that rocked The Medical College of Virginia Teaching Hospital. A black man is declared medically dead and his heart is than given to a white recipient without any family consent. 👇🏼

Cinfhen While the premise is intriguing there really wasn‘t enough information to fill an entire book, so this story became burdened with other historical content. While it was all very interesting, it wasn‘t the book I had expected to read. 5y

Cinfhen You might find it interesting @jenniferw88 but only about 25 % of the book is about heart transplant. 5y

Cinfhen Lots of medical ethics and other philosophical topics are covered. Including the use of animal testing in the early days of science. 5y

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jenniferw88 Thank you for the feedback... I'll have to think about it! 5y

alisiakae Sounds like an interesting book, even if it wasn‘t quite what you expected it to be. 5y

Cinfhen Yes, it really was a fascinating look at the evolution of organ transplants @4thhouseontheleft 🤓but the author took it wayyyyyy back to the days of Charles Dickens and grave robbers 5y

alisiakae @Cinfhen wow! My dad had a kidney transplant when I was in high school (he has PKD), I think I‘ll add this to my TBR! 5y

Cinfhen It comes out tomorrow!!!! I forgot to add this is an #ARC @4thhouseontheleft #NetGalleyReviewathon @sprainedbrain 5y

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Cinfhen

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

#ARC #NetGalley Interesting so far, but I was expecting more of a first person narrative involving the stolen organ and instead I‘m getting a history lesson in early Richmond, Virginia & the slave trade.

jenniferw88 Please let me know how this is - I'm obviously very interested due to my background! 😂 5y

Cinfhen Yes!!!! Of course @jenniferw88 💜 5y

Cinfhen I‘m medically squeamish @jenniferw88 so parts of this book are making me 🤢 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen understandable! The only part of my body I'm squeamish about are my eyes. 5y

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StaceyKondla

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 106 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

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Addison_Reads

Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South | Chip Jones

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If you enjoyed The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, you should read this one.

What seems like a straight forward telling of the true events surrounding the death of Bruce Tucker, ends up delving deeper into racism and the mistreatment of black patients by the medical community.

This book made me angry because of the injustice that took place, but it's a well written, well researched book that I couldn't stop reading.

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