I read the full text of the growth-attenuation paper written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost with others in the June issue of the Pediatrics. So many questions and mysteries again. I will just point out some of them here for now. Some of the questions and mysteries will be reviewed more closely in my [...]
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The new growth attenuation paper by Dr. Diekema, Dr. Fost with others
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, The doctors' medical paper, generalization of growth attenuation, the WPAS report, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, disability rights, Dr. Diekema, ethics, ethics committee, ethics consultation, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, medical ethics, mentally disabled, pillow angel, Seattle Children's, University of Washington, WPAS on June 20, 2009 | Comments Off
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
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 [...]
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, Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, breast bud removal, desabilities, disability rights, ethics, ethics committee, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, involuntary sterilization, mastectomy, medical ethics, pillow angel, Seattle Children's, University of Washington, WPAS 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 [...]
