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The match : "savior siblings" and one family's battle to heal their daughter / Beth Whitehouse.
- Title
- The match : "savior siblings" and one family's battle to heal their daughter / Beth Whitehouse.
- Author
- Whitehouse, Beth, 1961-
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RJ416.A6 T74 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 255 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Beth Whitehouse details Stacy and Steve Trebing's decision to create a baby selected as an embryo that was a genetic match for their child suffering from Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a fatal disease that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. She describes their journey from their daughter's diagnosis, to the baby's conception, to the bone marrow transplant that saved their daughter's life, also discussing the ethical issues involved with "savior siblings."
- Subject
- Trebing, Katie
- Trebing, Katie > Health
- Trebing, Katie
- Tissue Donors > ethics
- Siblings
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted > ethics
- Ethics, Clinical
- Bone Marrow Transplantation > ethics
- Anemia
- Anemia in children > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Bone marrow > Transplantation > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Pure red cell aplasia > Patients > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Fertilization in vitro, Human
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Fertilization in Vitro
- New York
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780807072868 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0807072869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009035949
- OCLC
- 435967575
- SCSB-12741876
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library