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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(04): 562
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_261_20
Oncology Beyond Science

The Quandary of a Healthy (Child) Sibling Stem Cell Donor

Manish Raturi
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Abstract

Feelings of abandonment in a healthy (child) sibling donor (HSD) merit ethical consideration; more so, when he is needed to undergo a minimally risky, yet painful, procedure of stem cell donation (SCD) for the benefit of his ill sibling (child suffering from blood cancer). The varied feelings of the HSD undergoing SCD procedure are being presented in the form of a poem.

Keywords

Clinical ethics - matched sibling donor - pediatric cancer patient - stem cell transplantation patient


Publication History

Received: 27 May 2020

Accepted: 10 June 2020

Article published online:
17 May 2021

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