Week 2 discussion topic for “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
Work with your table to answer the following questions, and record your ideas on the flipboards.
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What passages in chapters 1 – 7 give us an understanding of Henrietta’s relationship with
doctors and hospitals?
What aspects of her life do you think contributed to this relationship?
Drawing upon anything you have learned from other classes, discussions with others, or
personal experience- do you think Henrietta’s reticence to get health care is something people
in our nation experience today?
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If you said yes, what do you think are possible causes of this reticence today?
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Work with your table to brainstorm a realistic solution to this problem. Extra points for keeping
the cost of your solution, minimal!
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Could your solution be designed as a community service project? If so, how? On a new
flipboard sheet, sketch- design an information flier or advertisement for your solution.