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Skloot says that Gey never mentioned visiting Henrietta while she was in the hospital, but a colleague told her of one visit.Her medical record tells us that new tumors appeared every day and that Henrietta suffered miserably.Henrietta was in such excruciating pain that no pain medication worked on her, not even morphine.
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But the cells died immediately, since Henrietta's body was now so full of toxins.Doctors gave her radiation treatments to ease the pain and took more cells from her cervix for Gey.Soon, her abdomen was full of tumors and Henrietta was in indescribable pain.But a few weeks later, Henrietta was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. When she complained again of pain, the doc still insisted she was OK.Her medical treatment seems to have been standard practice for the day for black and white patients but we can't know if Henrietta was treated equitably at Hopkins.Either way, Henrietta probably didn't think she could challenge her white doctor.
Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks SparkNotes Literature Guide are 9781411480414, 1411480414 and the print ISBNs are 9781411480407, 1411480406. Or maybe it was a general belief that white doctors had the last word over black patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks SparkNotes Literature Guide is written by Rebecca Skloot and published by SparkNotes.This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. not telling Henrietta the truth because they thought she couldn't deal. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) SparkNotes. Skloot speculates that the doctor's response to Henrietta's concerns might have been "benevolent deception," i.e.She had some abdominal pain, but other than that, looked fine. Henrietta's condition worsened, though her doctors can't really see that the cancer is spreading.
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