I wouldn’t have thought twice if it had been “3-6 months old” all along. But if a doctor’s evaluation of someone’s mental level is one thing one day and another some other days and yet another on others, wouldn’t that make you uncomfortable and wonder what kind of evaluation it is?
OK, these are what the [...]
Archive for May, 2008
The mystery of Ashley’s changing mental age
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, tagged Ashley treatment, disabitity rights, pillow angel on May 19, 2008 | Comments Off
The court opinion on the Illinois involuntary sterilization case
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, information, the special ethics committee, tagged Ashley X, best interest, guardianship, involuntary sterilization, K. E. J., substituted judgement on May 7, 2008 | Comments Off
update: August 29, 2008
It’s turned out that Dr. Diekema himself wrote a paper on involuntary sterilization of mentally disabled persons in 2003. For details, visit the posts Dr. Diekema’s own conditions disapprove Ashley’s hysterectomy and Dr. Diekema’s official views on involuntary strilization: Why did he do everything he himself had said “Don’t” without doing things [...]
