Hospital ethics
Marissa and Alyssa--new names in transplantation frontiers
Abstract
As the national media focused attention on teenager Anissa Ayala who received a transplant of marrow cells "donated" by her baby sister, Marissa, who was conceived for the purpose of providing the marrow, a less publicized unsuccessful transplant procedure performed on Alyssa Plum a month earlier probably poses a greater challenge to ethical analysis. The following articles describe both stories.
Source and rights
Published by Hospital ethics, 1991. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Published
- 1991
- Applies to
- 🇪🇺 Europe
- Scope
- Regional
- Journal
- Hospital ethics
- PubMed
- 10111505
- Added to Prognia
- 16 July 2026







