Growth Attenuation Therapy: Views of Parents of Children with Profound Cognitive Impairment

The “Ashley treatment” has provoked much debate and remains ethically controversial. Given that more children are being referred for such treatment, there remains a need to provide advice to clinicians and ethics committees regarding how to respond to such requests. This article contends that there...

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Main Author: Kerruish, Nikki (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2016
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-83
Further subjects:B parent
B Ashley treatment
B growth attenuation therapy
B decisionmaking
B Child
B Cognitive impairment
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