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Reading “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost
Reading the article “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost and published in AJOB in April, I find same dishonesties repeated from the initial 2006 paper by D… more →
Mysteries and Questions Surrounding the Ashley X Case
Reading “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost
huahima wrote 2 weeks ago: Reading the article “Ashley Revisited: A Response to the Critics” written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fos … 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 →
The damage the Ashley case has done and damages it can still do
huahima wrote 7 months ago: I have been following the Ashley case for more than 2 years. I have been reading about other cases a … more →
Behind the tightly closed door of the special ethics committee
huahima wrote 8 months ago: I have recently posted two entries of links to information in the very early stage of the controve … 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 →
The connotation of CNN’s question; Will you consider revealing your identity?
huahima wrote 11 months ago: In the email interview with Ashley’s parents this March, CNN asked “Will you consider revealing yo … more →
What was the committee conclusion? What kind of "consensus" was it?
huahima wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Gunther and Dr. Diekema wrote in their initial paper that it had been the ethics committee’s “co … more →
ACOG Opinion "Sterilization of Women, Including Those With Mental Disabilities
huahima wrote 1 year ago: In July 2007, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists updated their ethics committee … more →
It was "mastectomy", not "breast bud removal" in 2004
huahima wrote 1 year ago: One of the questions about Ashley’s breast bud removal that have been nagging me is “Is breast bud … more →
The court opinion on the Illinois involuntary sterilization case
huahima wrote 1 year ago: update: August 29, 2008 It’s turned out that Dr. Diekema himself wrote a paper on involuntary … more →
There was a lot more going on than the hospital's building purchase
huahima wrote 1 year ago: In the post, “Facts about the Seattle Hospital and Money,” I pointed out the long and close relati … more →
Dr. Diekema was not chair, it was not an IRB
huahima wrote 1 year ago: Many people may believe that Dr. Diekema was chair of the special ethics committee that discussed As … more →
"Special" committee to exclude outsiders?
huahima wrote 1 year ago: According to the mission statement for the ethics committee of the Children’s Hospital & Regio … more →
They couldn't be unaware of the "get the court order" manual
huahima wrote 1 year ago: Dr.Diekema said in the Inner Campus interview aired on February 17th that the ethics committee had r … more →
How big was the special committee?
huahima wrote 1 year ago: Many people may still believe that there were 40 members on the special ethics committee that discus … more →
Do we really know the facts?
huahima wrote 1 year ago: In a short but very strong editorial of January 16, 2007, titled “A careful decision to comfort an a … more →
