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 [...]
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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
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 [...]
The two distinctive groups of defenders (additional info)
Posted in Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, Uncategorized, tagged Ashley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, desabilities, disability rights, ethics, growth attenuation, pillow angel on January 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Visit this page of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at the Seattle Children’s and see who were invited last year as guest speakers for bioethics seminars. These seminars are totally different occasions from the pediatric bioethics conferences mentioned in my previous post.
Norman Fost for the October 2 seminar.
Joel Frader for the June 5 [...]
The two distinctive groups of defenders
Posted in Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, Uncategorized, tagged Asahley treatment, Ashley X, bioethics, desabilities, ethics, growth attenuation, pillow angel on January 19, 2009 | Comments Off
While harshly criticized by many, the decision by Ashley’s parents and the special ethics committee of the hospital was also strongly defended by some professionals. I imagine that’s how people remember the controversy two years ago. But were those defenders all really unbiased or uninterested “professional”s? Reviewing who they are, I find two distinctive groups [...]
It was “mastectomy”, not “breast bud removal” in 2004
Posted in Dr. Diekema's explanation, the breast bud removal, the special ethics committee, tagged Ashley treatment, ethics committee, pillow angel, Ashley X, breast bud, Dr. Diekema, breast bud removal, mastectomy, medical ethics on July 10, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the questions about Ashley’s breast bud removal that have been nagging me is “Is breast bud a legitimate medical term at all?”
Does the term breast bud really refer to the subcutaneous, almond-sized tissue which contains the milk glands that Ashley’s father calls breast bud in his blog?
So many people including the doctors [...]
