Ashley's case: The ethics of arresting the growth of children with serious disability

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-109

  Stein, Gary L ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashley treatment; Bioethics; Community living; Developmental disability; Growth attenuation; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; ESTROGENS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PARENTS;

EID: 77955961399     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2010.493478     Document Type: Article

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