Medical Ethics

Articles

Stolen Cells

Henrietta Lacks, her immortal cells, and the ethics of medicine and medical experimentation on racialized and marginalized communities. We listen back to a conversation with U. Penn professor Dorothy Roberts. And, more voices from Israel-USA’s Buchenwald on the Med. A Palestinian brother and sister speak to us – from their tent.


Henrietta Lacks’ Immortal Cells

One of medical science’s greatest paradoxes: The cancer cells that killed Henrietta Lacks revolutionized medicine — medical care her own family couldn’t afford. Narrow profit margins for Canadian uranium companies operating in Niger. Big health risks for Nigerien miners.