The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2. Do doctors and scientists tend to see patients as bodies or specimens rather than as people?

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In Chapter 12, we see that the bodies of the deceased are nothing more than specimens.... educational tools to learn from. This is the reason they were persistent about performing an autopsy, even after Day initially refused.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks