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1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) |
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The Match"Savior Siblings" and One Family's Battle to Heal Their Daughter; Prelude; 1: "Mind If I Take One Last Ski Run?"; 2: "What Do You Think It Is?"; 3: "Never in a Million Years"; 4: "This Is a Beautiful Embryo"; 5: "For Them, the Dice Are a Bit Loaded"; 6: "This Is for Desperate Couples"; 7: "We Have Incomplete Information"; 8: "I Could Never Do That"; 9: "Why Me? Why This?"; 10: "I Wish We Hadn't Done It"; 11: "The Easter Bunny Would Be Jealous"; 12: "Come On, Baby"; 13: "Take an Additional Folic Acid, in Case It's Twins"; 14: "Things Look Really Good." |
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15: "So Much of Who We Are Happens at the Beginning"16: "It's Hard to Tell Parents, 'Don't Do This' "; 17: "There's No Black-and-White Answer"; 18: "We're Not Going to Stop the Future"; 19: "It's a Boy!"; 20: "I Like This Place a Lot"; 21: "Now It's Crunch Time"; 22: "You Conceived Your Son for This?"; 23: "Will I Get Handcuffed with My Kids?"; 24: "This Is Mind-Boggling"; 25: "Being a Mom Is the Coolest Gift"; 26: "It's Now or Never"; 27: "Bubba's My Brother"; 28: "Good Luck"; 29: "Her Body Is Healing"; 30: "Why Are You Taking the Lights Down?"; 31: "Back Up and Bling-Bling." |
| Summary |
My Sister's Keeper in nonfiction: a family's real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lifetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognosis. Pulitzer Prize'winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. The Match is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance. From the Trade Paperback edition |
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Print version record |
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Trebing, Katie -- Health
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Trebing, Katie |
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Trebing, Katie |
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Anemia in children -- Patients -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- Patients -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Pure red cell aplasia -- Patients -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Fertilization in vitro, Human.
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
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Anemia.
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Anemia
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Bone Marrow Transplantation -- ethics
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Ethics, Clinical
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- ethics
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Siblings
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Tissue Donors -- ethics
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Fertilization in Vitro
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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Anemia
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Bone marrow -- Transplantation -- Patients
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Fertilization in vitro, Human
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Health
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
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New York |
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New York (State) -- New York
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807097755 |
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0807097756 |
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