Deikema told CNN the ethics committee recognized that Washington state law was not perfectly clear with regard to whether a court order would be necessary to do the hysterectomy in someone who could not consent to the procedure. (CNN, May８, 2007)
One of those authors, Dr. Doug Diekema, the hospital’s primary ethics consultant on the case, said [...]
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What Dr. Diekema spoke and wrote right after the joint press conference of May 8, 2007
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, information, investigation, the WPAS report, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, medical ethics, pillow angel, WPAS on March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Did the hospital back down on the agreement with WPAS?
Posted in investigation, the WPAS report, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, medical ethics, pillow angel, safeguards, Seattle Children's, WPAS on March 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I have pointed out here that the Seattle Children’s Hospital agreed with WPAS on May 8, 2007 that they would “develop, adopt and implement a policy prohibiting growth-limiting medical intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities unless Children’s has received a valid order form a court of competent jurisdiction, not subject to appeal, authorizing such intervention [...]
The hospital promised no growth attenuation without court order in 2007
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, generalization of growth attenuation, investigation, the WPAS report, tagged Ashley treatment, ethics, bioethics, desabilities, ethics committee, Ashley, Seattle Children's, University of Washington, pillow angel, WPAS, disability rights, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, Ashley X, involuntary sterilization, breast bud removal, mastectomy, medical ethics on January 31, 2009 | Comments Off
What follows is an excerpt from the WPAS investigative report on the Ashley case:
In order to ensure that a court order is obtained before a sterilization or growth-limiting medical intervention is preformed on an individual with a developmental disability, Children’s Hospital has entered into an agreement with WPAS to take the following steps:
A. Implementation of [...]
What about conflicts of interest in ethics committees?
Posted in Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, Money, investigation, the special ethics committee, tagged Ashley, Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, desabilities, disability rights, ethics, ethics committee, ethics consultation, growth attenuation, medical decision-making, medical ethics, pillow angel on January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
The growth attenuation working group’s opinion goes that there’s no need for physicians to seek court review because a hospital ethics committee with a variety of members will be good enough for consideration of a parental request for growth attenuation. That reminds me of the Biederman/Nemeroff scandals that have been going on for the last [...]
What about the Department of Health investigation?
Posted in investigation, tagged Ashley treatment, disabilities, hysterectomy, pillow angel, punitive actions, state law on March 28, 2008 | Comments Off
When the hospital admitted Ashley’s hysterectomy had been illegal last May, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported in their May 9 article that the Washington Department of Health was planning a further investigation.
Steven Saxe, director of facilities and services licensing for the department said in the article that the department is planning to investigate further to see [...]
