Growth attenuation and young people with profound disabilities : why we need to talk about Charley
Hamilton, Carol
Growth attenuation and young people with profound disabilities : why we need to talk about Charley - Disability & Society 30 (7) 2015: 1055-1070 .
Explains that in 2004 an intervention known as the Ashley Treatment was sought on behalf of Ashley X, a girl with severe developmental disabilities and the ethical, legal and social issues involved in this case remain hotly debated. Uses Judith Butler's theoretical insight to examine the interpretive frameworks through which the Ashley Treatment was carried out in New Zealand in 2009 in the case of Charley Hooper. Raises questions about ethical decison making and future physical and social requirements for profoundly disabled young people.
Ashley X
Charley Hooper
SEVERE PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
GROWTH
HORMONE THERAPY
STERILISATION
DECISION MAKING
ETHICS
VALUES
NEW ZEALAND
DISABILITY STUDIES
ASHLEY TREATMENT GROWTH ATTENUATION THERAPY
Growth attenuation and young people with profound disabilities : why we need to talk about Charley - Disability & Society 30 (7) 2015: 1055-1070 .
Explains that in 2004 an intervention known as the Ashley Treatment was sought on behalf of Ashley X, a girl with severe developmental disabilities and the ethical, legal and social issues involved in this case remain hotly debated. Uses Judith Butler's theoretical insight to examine the interpretive frameworks through which the Ashley Treatment was carried out in New Zealand in 2009 in the case of Charley Hooper. Raises questions about ethical decison making and future physical and social requirements for profoundly disabled young people.
Ashley X
Charley Hooper
SEVERE PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
GROWTH
HORMONE THERAPY
STERILISATION
DECISION MAKING
ETHICS
VALUES
NEW ZEALAND
DISABILITY STUDIES
ASHLEY TREATMENT GROWTH ATTENUATION THERAPY
