The Ashley Treatment: Best Interests, Convenience, and Parental Decision-Making
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Project MUSE in Hastings Center Report
- Vol. 37 (2), 16-20
- https://doi.org/10.1353/hcr.2007.0027
Abstract
Ashley's parents argue that they sought the Ashley treatment in order to alleviate Ashley's "discomfort and boredom." Their contention that stunting Ashley's growth was done for sake of improving "our daughter's quality of life and not to convenience her caregivers" is controversial.Keywords
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