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The 6th Pediatric Bioethics Conference of Seattle Children’s on ethical issues in prenatal and neonatal care in July 2010

huahima wrote 1 day ago:  Tiny Babies, Large Questions: Ethical Issues in Prenatal and Neonatal Care  Sixth Annual Pediatric … more →

Tags: Information, Ashley, Ashley X, Bioethics, disabilities, ethics, Medical Decision Making, Seattle Children's

Reading “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost

huahima wrote 1 week ago: Reading the article “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fos … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, The doctors' medical paper, the special ethics committee, Ashley, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, Diekema, disabilities

Revisiting the father’s blog: his unique interpretation of law and Ryan’s article

huahima wrote 4 weeks ago: The other day, I was revisiting the blog started by Ashley’s father in search for some information u … more →

Tags: Ashley's father, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy

A legal article says that courts should take new standards and approve the “Ashley Treatment” because the therapy can be more important than non-person’s fundamental rights

huahima wrote 1 month ago: I know Peter Singer’s assertion that children with profound mental disabilities are not entitled to … more →

Tags: Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, generalization of growth attenuation, Information, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights

Links 9: CNN interview with the parents in 2008

huahima wrote 1 month ago: CNN stories  ’Pillow angel’ parents answer CNN’s questions CNN, March 12, 2008 Dis … more →

Tags: Information, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights, Dr. Diekema, ethics, growth attenuation

Growth attenuation therapy in Australia?

huahima wrote 1 month ago:  A law firm newsletter in Australia has done a detailed legal analysis on growth attenuation for dis … more →

Tags: generalization of growth attenuation, Information, Ashley X, Bioethics, disabilities, Disability Rights, ethics, growth attenuation, medical ethics

UW Disability Studies Program symposium “Eugenics and Disability”

huahima wrote 2 months ago:  The University of Washington Disability Studies Program will present a public symposium, Eugenics a … more →

Tags: Information, generalization of growth attenuation, ethics, Bioethics, University of Washington, disabilities, Disability Rights, Ashley X, involuntary sterilization

Links 8: Dr. Diekema’s lecture at Calvin College in January 2008

huahima wrote 2 months ago: Dr. Diekema gave a lecture, “Live, Jusitce, & Humility: A Bioethicist Meets the ‘Pillow Angel’” … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, Information, Calvin University, ethics, Bioethics, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation

The Seattle Children’s and the Gates Foundation are hand in hand as “global health leaders”

huahima wrote 2 months ago: According to this article of April 24, 2009 on the Medical News Today, the Seattle Children’s Hospit … more →

Tags: the special ethics committee, Dr. Diekema's explanation, Ashley's father, Money, generalization of growth attenuation, ethics, Bioethics, Pillow-Angel, disabilities

The mystery of the definition of profound cognitive disability in the new growth attenuation paper

huahima wrote 5 months ago:   In their paper published in the June issue of the Pediatrics, the authors define profound cognitiv … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, The doctors' medical paper, generalization of growth attenuation, ethics, Bioethics, Ethics Committee, Seattle Children's, Pillow-Angel, disabilities

The new growth attenuation paper by Dr. Diekema, Dr. Fost with others

huahima wrote 5 months ago: I read the full text of the growth-attenuation paper written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost with others … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, generalization of growth attenuation, The doctors' medical paper, the WPAS report, ethics, Bioethics, Ethics Committee, Seattle Children's, University of Washington

Links 7: Norman Fost

huahima wrote 5 months ago:   The series of Links posts will remain subject to corrections and additions any time.     Who is No … more →

Tags: Information, ethics, Bioethics, Seattle Children's, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation, Ashley X

Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost wrote a new paper on growth attenuation

huahima wrote 5 months ago: Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost with others wrote a paper on growth attenuation in the June issue of the Pe … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, Information, The doctors' medical paper, ethics, Bioethics, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation

Dr. Diekema in the Hauser controversy

huahima wrote 5 months ago: “Parents’ Rights, Judges’ Rules”. It is the title of a Newsweek story of May 19. The story is about … more →

Tags: Dr. Diekema's explanation, ethics, Bioethics, parental decision making, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation, hysterectomy

Mysteries and questions surrounding Dr. Gunther’s suicide

huahima wrote 6 months ago:  1. Why was his suicide left unreported for 10 days?   Dr. Gunther killed himself  on September 30, … more →

Tags: The Media, Dr. Diekema's explanation, ethics, Bioethics, Günther, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation

Links 6:Dr. Gunther’s suicide

huahima wrote 6 months ago: News articles   Oct. 10, 2007   http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/335019_gunther11.html?source=rss … more →

Tags: Information, ethics, Bioethics, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation, hysterectomy, Ashley X

A new “public engagement” version of the hospital’s Ashley story

huahima wrote 6 months ago: The new January 2009 version of the Seattle Children’s Ashley story told by Dr. Wilfond at the begin … more →

Tags: generalization of growth attenuation, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights, ethics, growth attenuation, hysterectomy

The damage the Ashley case has done and damages it can still do

huahima wrote 6 months ago: I have been following the Ashley case for more than 2 years. I have been reading about other cases a … more →

Tags: generalization of growth attenuation, The Media, the special ethics committee, Ashley X, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights, ethics

Mysteries and questions surrounding the Katie Thorpe case

huahima wrote 7 months ago:   Many people may think that the Katie Thorpe case in UK is an isolated episode, though it was stron … more →

Tags: Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, Information, The Media, ethics, Bioethics, parental decision making, Pillow-Angel, disabilities


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