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Agency, duties and the "Ashley treatment".
- Source :
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Journal of medical ethics [J Med Ethics] 2009 Nov; Vol. 35 (11), pp. 658-61. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In 2006, a paper in the journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine described a novel case of growth attenuation therapy and other treatments carried out on Ashley, a severely cognitively, neurologically and physically disabled 6-year-old girl. Some of the moral arguments that have sprung up in respect of the so-called "Ashley treatment" are considered, and it is suggested that they all miss something-that the proper treatment of Ashley may have as much to do with doctors' duties to themselves as with their duties to her. It is suggested that the Ashley treatment may have been in violation of doctors' self-regarding duties and that this possibility is worthy of further investigation.
- Subjects :
- Child
Developmental Disabilities
Disabled Children
Ethics, Medical
Female
Humans
Mastectomy legislation & jurisprudence
Moral Obligations
Parental Consent legislation & jurisprudence
Parents psychology
Patient Advocacy ethics
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Quality of Life psychology
Sterilization, Involuntary legislation & jurisprudence
Bioethical Issues
Body Size drug effects
Decision Making ethics
Mastectomy ethics
Parental Consent ethics
Sterilization, Involuntary ethics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1473-4257
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of medical ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19880700
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2009.029934