How was information about science, treatments, disease and research talked about with Rebecca Skloot compared to the family of Henrietta Lacks? How are scientific explanations used to inform or used to mislead the people in the story?
Henrietta's cells live on but she also lives on through her children and the memories they have of her.
The treatment of patients, especially poor and black patients, is discussed in the film. Another medical ethics question is if the family of Henrietta Lacks deserves compensation or should have ownership of her cells.
How was the treatment of black patients different from that of white patients?