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One of the biggest mysteries of the Ashley case: Did the hospital intentionally lie at the May 2007 press conference?
Did the hospital lie at the May 2007 press conference? Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost wrote two papers this year on the Ashley case and growth attenuation respectively. (I wrote about them here and here.) … more →
Mysteries and Questions Surrounding the Ashley X Case
One of the biggest mysteries of the Ashley case: Did the hospital intentionally lie at the May 2007 press conference?
huahima wrote 16 hours ago: Did the hospital lie at the May 2007 press conference? Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost wrote two papers th … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Dr. Diekema’s latest paper is AAP statement on forgoing nutrition and hydration from children
huahima wrote 4 months ago: Forgoing Medically Provided Nutrition and Hydration in Children Douglas S. Diekema, MD MPH, Jeffrey … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Dr. Diekema in the Hauser controversy
huahima wrote 6 months ago: “Parents’ Rights, Judges’ Rules”. It is the title of a Newsweek story of May 19. The story is about … more →
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 →
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 →
What Dr. Diekema spoke and wrote right after the joint press conference of May 8, 2007
huahima wrote 8 months ago: Deikema told CNN the ethics committee recognized that Washington state law was not perfectly clear w … more →
The hospital promised no growth attenuation without court order in 2007
huahima wrote 9 months ago: What follows is an excerpt from the WPAS investigative report on the Ashley case: In order to … more →
What about conflicts of interest in ethics committees?
huahima wrote 10 months ago: The growth attenuation working group’s opinion goes that there’s no need for physicians to seek co … more →
Ashley's father's plan to promote "the Ashley Treatment"
huahima wrote 10 months ago: In the December 31, 2007 update of his blog, Ashley’s father revealed what he was considering to do … more →
The two distinctive groups of defenders (additional info)
huahima wrote 10 months ago: Visit this page of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at the Seattle Children’s and see … more →
The two distinctive groups of defenders
huahima wrote 10 months ago: While harshly criticized by many, the decision by Ashley’s parents and the special ethics committe … more →
Some questions about the upcoming symposium
huahima wrote 11 months ago: Yesterday, I posted the information of the Seattle Children’s symposium in January to “evaluat … more →
