Themes / Topics

  • Race
  • Education
  • Socioeconomics
  • Bioethics
  • Feminism
  • Sexism
  • Eugenics
  • Race and Health Disparities
  • Medical Research
  • Exploitation of Medical Subjects–HeLa’s family
  • John’s Hopkins Involvement
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Cultural Beliefs
  • Reparations
  • Interconnectedness–we are all touched by her
  • Curiosity–Skloot followed her curiosity and it changed her life (parallels the way Lacks changed the world and the way the scientist’s curiosity changed the world as well)
  • Research Process in “Real Life”/ Skloot’s Research VS. the scientist’s exploitative research.
  • Justice/Reparation
  • Truth-telling/Exposing Injustice
  • Financial Aspects
  • Profits
  • Medicine in Cultural Groups
  • Family Experiences with Medicine