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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 treatment, Bioethics, disabilities, ethics, Medical Decision Making, Seattle Children's

The 6th Pediatric Bioethics Conference of Seattle Children’s on ethical issues in prenatal and neonatal care in July 2010 2 comments

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

Tags: Bioethics, ethics, Children With Disabilities, Disability, Disabled Children, "futile care", Medical Decision Making

The Ashley Treatment: From the Beginning1 comment

Spirit of our Time wrote 4 days ago: Anyone interested, even vaguely, in what all the fuss is about on the Ashley X case, or who wants a … more →

Tags: BioSci & Philosophy, Children, Differential treatment, Disability Rights, Families, health, Human Futures, Medical Interventions, Persons

Reading "Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics" by Dr. Dikema and Dr. Fost4 comments

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

Tags: Bioethics, Children With Disabilities, Disability, Disabled Children, growth attenuation

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 treatment, Bioethics, breast bud removal, Diekema, disabilities

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

huahima wrote 1 month 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 treatment, 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 rights1 comment

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

Tags: Bioethics, Children With Disabilities, Cognitive Disability, Disability, ethics, growth attenuation, Human Rights

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 treatment, 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 treatment, 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 disa … more →

Tags: ethics, Disability, Discrimination, Families, Children, stigmatization, Bioethics, Cognitive Disability, Medical Interventions

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 treatment, 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: generalization of growth attenuation, Information, ashley treatment, Bioethics, disabilities, Disability Rights, ethics, involuntary sterilization, University of Washington

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, ashley treatment, Bioethics, breast bud, breast bud removal, Calvin University, Calvin University January Series, disabilities

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: Ashley's father, Dr. Diekema's explanation, generalization of growth attenuation, Money, the special ethics committee, ashley treatment, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities

Dr. Diekema's latest paper is AAP statement on withdrawing nutrition from children

huahima wrote 3 months ago: Forgoing Medically Provided Nutrition and Hydration in Children  Douglas S. Diekema, MD MPH, Jeffrey … more →

Tags: Children, Cognitive Disability, Medical Interventions, Infants, Disability Rights, Disability, ethics, Disabled Children, Children With 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, ashley treatment, ethics, Bioethics, Ethics Committee, Seattle Children's, Pillow-Angel

The new growth attenuation paper by Dr. Diekema, Dr. Fost with others 1 comment

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: ableism, Abuse, Bioethics, Children, Cognitive Disability, Disability, Disability and the Law, Disability Rights, Discrimination

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, ashley treatment, Bioethics, breast bud removal, disabilities, Disability Rights

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, ashley treatment, ethics, Bioethics, Seattle Children's, Pillow-Angel, disabilities, Disability Rights, growth attenuation


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