In 2006 a case report was published about a 6-year-old girl, Ashley, who has profound developmental disabilities and was treated with oestrogen patches to limit her final height, along with a hysterectomy and the removal of her breast buds. Ashley’s parents claimed that attenuating her growth would make it possible for them to lift and move her more easily, facilitating greater involvement in family activities and making routine care more straightforward. The ‘Ashley treatment ’ provoked public comment and academic debate and remains ethically controversial. As more children are being referred for such treatment, there is an urgent need to clarify how clinicians and ethics committees should respond to such requests. The controversy surround...
This qualitative study by Dixon-Woods et al raises several issues of direct relevance to practitione...
Contains fulltext : 79732.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Patient A, a 3...
In this article, I examine children’s reported experiences with stimulant drug treatments for attent...
Doctors sometimes struggle with ethically challenging requests for treatment from children’s parents...
This Note discusses the recent controversy surrounding a six-year-old girl named Ashley, whose paren...
This paper argues against the use of growth hormone (GH) for small normal children (‘‘idiopathic’ ’ ...
In a previous study we found that parents of children with developmental delay (DD) favoured accepta...
In a previous study we found that parents of children with developmental delay (DD) favoured accepta...
Background: Engaging patients (parents/families) in treatment decisions is increasingly recognised a...
Parental concern is a useful screening approach for early detection of children with developmental d...
Introduction: Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) is a common cause of psychosocial up...
Family law affords parents broad discretion to shape their children’s talents through special instru...
When a child with special needs is born, parents can simultaneously face happiness and anguish. Tris...
<div><p>Intellectual disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental funct...
Until recently, trisomy 18 was considered a disease incompatible with life, with a high percentage o...
This qualitative study by Dixon-Woods et al raises several issues of direct relevance to practitione...
Contains fulltext : 79732.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Patient A, a 3...
In this article, I examine children’s reported experiences with stimulant drug treatments for attent...
Doctors sometimes struggle with ethically challenging requests for treatment from children’s parents...
This Note discusses the recent controversy surrounding a six-year-old girl named Ashley, whose paren...
This paper argues against the use of growth hormone (GH) for small normal children (‘‘idiopathic’ ’ ...
In a previous study we found that parents of children with developmental delay (DD) favoured accepta...
In a previous study we found that parents of children with developmental delay (DD) favoured accepta...
Background: Engaging patients (parents/families) in treatment decisions is increasingly recognised a...
Parental concern is a useful screening approach for early detection of children with developmental d...
Introduction: Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) is a common cause of psychosocial up...
Family law affords parents broad discretion to shape their children’s talents through special instru...
When a child with special needs is born, parents can simultaneously face happiness and anguish. Tris...
<div><p>Intellectual disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental funct...
Until recently, trisomy 18 was considered a disease incompatible with life, with a high percentage o...
This qualitative study by Dixon-Woods et al raises several issues of direct relevance to practitione...
Contains fulltext : 79732.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Patient A, a 3...
In this article, I examine children’s reported experiences with stimulant drug treatments for attent...