A Death Retold
A Death RetoldKeith Wailoo
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A Death Retold

A Death Retold Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship

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In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight—she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's t