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 [...]
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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
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, ethics, bioethics, pillow angel, disabilities, disability rights, growth attenuation, Ashley X, breast bud removal, medical ethics 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 [...]
Mysteries and questions surrounding the Katie Thorpe case
Posted in Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, information, the media, tagged Alison Thorpe, Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, disabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, involuntary sterilization, Katie Thorpe, medical decision-making, medical ethics, mentally disabled, parental decision making, pillow angel, the Katie case on April 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Many people may think that the Katie Thorpe case in UK is an isolated episode, though it was strongly influenced by the preceding Ashley case. Many may also believe that Alison Thorpe, Katie’s mother appeared in the media for the first time in October 2007 when her request for Katie’s hysterectomy was reported. Actually, Alison had been [...]
Defended really UNKNOWINGLY?
Posted in the media, tagged Ashley treatment, disabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, media, pillow angel on March 15, 2008 | Comments Off
The Seattle Times is one of the major local newspapers in Seattle. But it seems that they didn’t assign any of their journalists to the Ashley case. At least they didn’t during January and February when the furious controversy was going on. They kept on borrowing stories during the period. They borrowed from the Los [...]
Ashley’s father and the media
Posted in Ashley's father, the media, tagged Ashley treatment, disabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, media on March 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Ashley’s father updated his blog Wednesday and criticized the CNN story about their interview. He points out three defects of Amy Burkholder’s story Disabled girl’s parents defend growth-stunting treatment. But he is basically frustrated because the story didn’t give him a wholehearted support. It is actually amazing that he seems to have expected the media to write [...]
Why did the information disappear?
Posted in Ashley's father, the media, tagged Ashley, disabilities, growth attenuation, media, pillow angel on March 13, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the big questions about the information that Ashley’s father is a software executive is why nobody talked about it as I wrote in my previous post. But one of the big mysteries is why the information disappeared from the Los Angels Times article the next day when the Seattle Times published it.
The Los Angels [...]
