My Sister's Keeper (2009): study of the creation of embryos genetically selected to cure chronic patients
Abstract
My sister´s keeper (2009) is a Nick Cassavetes´s movie that tells the story of Ann Fitzgerald, a eleven years old girl that was conceived to save the life of her older sister, Karen, who suffers from Acute Promielocitic Leukemia. When her sister becomes so sick that she needs to be transplanted a new kidney, Anne decides to sue her parents over her body rights to not be forced to undergo this procedure which could affect her quality of life forever. At this moment, Anne´s mother, Sara, begins a court fight against her younger daughter, in an attempt to dissuade her to make the donation, even if that can mean that she would continue being the support on which her sister survival depends.
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Davis A. A Research Paper from No Less Human Questions & Answers on HLA testing (for saviour siblings) [Internet]. Londre: No Less Human; 2005. Disponible en http://www.spuc.org.uk/about/no-less-human/hlaqanda.pdf
King D. Commentary: why it is wrong to select embryos to be tissue donors. Human Genetics Alert [internet]. June 20th 2003. Disponible en : http://www.hgalert.org/topics/geneticSelection/pgdcommentary.html
Prats J. Babies picked to be life-saving donors born in Seville and Barcelona. El País In english [Internet]. 20 de Febrero de 2012. disponible en: http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/02/15/inenglish/1329314080_672143.html
San Miguel JF y Sánchez-Guijo FM. Hematología, Manual básico razonado. 3ed. Barcelona: Elsevier; 2009.
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