Sickle cell and deaths in custody / Simon Dyson & Gwyneth Boswell.

London : Whiting & Birch, 2009.

vi, 225 pages ; 24 cm

This book was donated as part of the Sickle Cell Society archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/SCS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/erermr9

Copy 1. Donor: Sickle Cell Society.

1. "And the all-white jury agreed": An introduction -- 2. Sickle cell anaemia, sickle cell trait and racist myths -- 3. Black deaths in custody: The criminal justice context -- 4. Dying whilst black-I: Racism and the misattribution of death to sickle cell trait -- 5. Context of prison health care -- 6. Dying whilst black-II: The lack of care of people in custody with sickle cell anaemia -- 7. Conclusion: Sickle cell not prison cell -- Appendix 1. Misattribution of sudden death in custody to sickle cell trait -- Appendix 2. Deaths of people with sickle cell disorders in custody -- Appendix 3. Sickle Cell Voluntary Organisations References.

Includes bibliographical references and index.