Abstract:The transplant of hematopoietic stem-cells is a procedure that causes a lot of distress to the patient and family. This study analyses the changes occurred in the occupational roles of patients that have undergone transplants, in the late stage, assisted in a considerable university hospital located in the interior of the State of Sao Paulo. It is a quantitative research based on the use of an international protocol validated in Brazil: The Occupational Role Checklist. The survey consists of 52 subjects: 26 of the experimental group and 26 of the control group. Through the comparative analysis between the groups, statistically significant differences were observed between the occupational roles of workers, volunteers, friends and participants in organizations. It was possible to conclude that, after the critic stage right after transplant, although they have experienced some losses, the bone marrow transplanted subjects changed their occupational lives, having resumed or changed their occupational roles.