In the email interview with Ashley’s parents this March, CNN asked “Will you consider revealing your identity?”
CNN interviewed Dr. Diekema right in the middle of the heated controversy at the beginning of 2007. They also sent written questions to the parents and got their answers, some of which were introduced in the Larry King Live [...]
Archive for December, 2008
The connotation of CNN’s question; Will you consider revealing your identity?
Posted in Ashley's father, the special ethics committee, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, disabilities, disability rights, growth attenuation, pillow angel on December 26, 2008 | Comments Off
When did the father decide the treatment should be made widely available?
Posted in Ashley's father, The doctors' medical paper, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, medical decision-making, medical ethics, pillow angel, Seattle Children's, sterilization, University of Washington on December 25, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the questions I have been considering since the news break two years ago. When did the father decide that it would be a good idea to promote the treatment widely and make it available for other children like Ashley?
As is obvious in the title of his blog, Ashley’s father is trying to [...]
Some questions about the upcoming symposium
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, generalization of growth attenuation, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, disabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, pillow angel on December 18, 2008 | Comments Off
Yesterday, I posted the information of the Seattle Children’s symposium in January to “evaluate” growth attenuation.
I’ve been wondering a lot since I read the announcement page in the hospital web site. There is a variety of questions in my mind. Some of them are as below.
1. Here again, they are focusing on the growth attenuation [...]
Seattle Children’s will have a conference on growth attenuation in January
Posted in information, tagged Add new tag, Ashley X, dignity, disabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, pillow angel, Seattle Children's on December 17, 2008 | Comments Off
Seattle Children’s will have a conference on growth attenuation in January, titled Evaluating Growth Attenuation in Children with Profound Disabilities: Interests of the Child, Family Decision-Making and Community Concerns.
January 23, 2009
1:00-4:00 pm
University of Washington School of Law – Magnuson-Jackson Moot Court Room
Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington
See here for details.
It is surprising [...]
Just a hypothetical: what if the doctors really didn’t want to write the paper?
Posted in The doctors' medical paper, tagged Ashley case, Ashley treatment, Ashley X, breast bud removal, disabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, pillow angel on December 12, 2008 | Comments Off
What if the doctors were aware of the ethical problems of the case and didn’t want to go public but were somehow forced into writing a paper? It is just a hypothetical for argument. But wouldn’t that explain some of the mysteries and questions surrounding the doctors’ inconsistent justifications rather well?
If they had no choice [...]
