report

Will you approve?

• Growth-stunting medical treatment

• Her parents call her pillow angel

• Are they good parents?

Homework: Write a half page report, using the concepts learned

in this module, discussing why you agree or disagree with the

recommendation of the authors of the paper? Explain why you

think such a treatment is ethical or not ethical.

Attenuating Growth in Children With Profound Developmental Disability. A

New Approach to an Old Dilemma

Daniel F. Gunther, MD, MA; Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH

ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED/VOL 160, OCT 2006