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In The Organ Thieves, Chip Jones reveals the racism and ethical transgressions surrounding the first heart transplant at the Medical College of Virginia in 1968, where Bruce Tucker, an African American man, had his heart removed before legally being declared dead and it was transplanted into a white recipient. The book delves into the institutional racism and exploitation in medical procedures of the time. Discussions of slavery, racial injustice, and medical exploitation are present.