“Parents’ Rights, Judges’ Rules”. It is the title of a Newsweek story of May 19. The story is about the 13-year-old boy Daniel Hauser and his parents resisting chemotherapy for his Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There’s something that intrigues me very much in this article. Dr. Diekema is quoted here as saying, “If a parent makes a decision [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Dr. Diekema in the Hauser controversy
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, Dr. Diekema, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, involuntary sterilization, medical decision-making, medical ethics, parental decision making, pillow angel on May 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Mysteries and questions surrounding Dr. Gunther’s suicide
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, the media, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, disabilities, disability rights, Dr. Gunther's suicide, ethics, growth attenuation, Gunther, medical ethics, pillow angel on May 24, 2009 | Comments Off
1. Why was his suicide left unreported for 10 days?
Dr. Gunther killed himself on September 30, 2007. It was reported on October 10 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. Why did it left unreported for 10 days?
2. Why did the Seattle Post-Intelligencer know the doctor’s death and wait without reporting it?
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer [...]
Links 6：Dr. Gunther’s suicide
Posted in information, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, Dr. Gunther, Dr. Gunther's suicide, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, involuntary sterilization, medical ethics, pillow angel on May 12, 2009 | Comments Off
News articles
Oct. 10, 2007
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/335019_gunther11.html?source=rss
(SP-I, the title says his death is “ruled a suicide”)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003940574_webgunther10m.html
(Seattle Times)
Oct.11
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21225569/
(MSNBC)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003941272_gunther11m.html
(Seattle Times)
Oct. 12
http://dailyuw.com/2007/10/12/uw-doctor-commits-suicide-amid-pillow-angel/
(UW Daily)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-12-3043064843_x.htm
(AP)
Blog articles
http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2007/10/ashley-x-doctor-commits-suicide.html
(Oct. 11: George Dvorsky, accusing disability rights advocates for his suicide)
http://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/2007/10/transhumanist-suggests-doctors-suicide.html
(Oct 12: Stephan Drake, reacting to Dvorsky)
A new “public engagement” version of the hospital’s Ashley story
Posted in generalization of growth attenuation, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, involuntary sterilization, medical ethics, pillow angel on May 11, 2009 | Comments Off
The new January 2009 version of the Seattle Children’s Ashley story told by Dr. Wilfond at the beginning of the growth attenuation symposium goes like this; The public engagement. That’s what has been in our mind from the very beginning. That’s why the two doctors wrote the medical article. Ashley’s parents were kind enough to [...]
The damage the Ashley case has done and damages it can still do
Posted in generalization of growth attenuation, the media, the special ethics committee, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, medical ethics, pillow angel on May 1, 2009 | Comments Off
I have been following the Ashley case for more than 2 years. I have been reading about other cases as well. Looking back on the Ashley case after so many cases of Emilio Gonzales, Ruben Navarro, Sam Golubchuk, Amber Hartland, Karen Weber, Lauren Richardson, Janet Rivera, David Coronado Jr., O.T. , Kaylee Wallace, Annie Farlow and [...]
