…s. This all got unexpectedly personal. Some of Criste Reimer’s messages to online groups have been posted elsewhere, all from 1998.One of the things I knew about Reimer from the news articles is that she had hydrocephalus. Until a few years ago, I had a website on hydrocephalus and got quite a bit of mail through it. (Her parents had rejected doctors’ advice to take her out of school due to the severe cognitive disabilities they believed she would…
…k to it. The journal editors have wisely left this piece unavailable as an online offering to the general public. Anita J. Tarzian, the author of the piece, does some “interesting” things in the course of her essay. Focussing on the “Ashley X” debate, she challenges the question of the surgical alterations to the young girl in question as a “disability rights” issue. She selectively defines “disability rights” issues through the social model often…
…an harvesting regulations and protocols, it has made the article available online. In Speaking up for organ donors (link to html version, with additional link to pdf on the page), Ellen Bridget Linde, RN, BSN explores the values she and other nurses espouse and how they come into conflict with organ harvesting practices. From the article: AS NURSES, WE FACE TOUGH ethical dilemmas as we provide end-of-life care, especially when our patients are can…
…Not Dead Yet. I received an anonymous tip that a copy of the story is now online: I will try to transcribe the video by sometime on Friday to make the content accessible for those people who prefer or need print as their information source. (Update: transcription is done!) In the meantime, Foxnews.com has a print article with much of the content that is in the video piece – not surprising since the author of the article is also the reporter in th…
…ggests that’s a very poor practice. Field’s findings resonate with the comments of other professionals who have studied this phenomenon. You’ll find them quoted in this 2003 article from USA Today I linked in an earlier entry. I’m happy to say that Field’s thesis is available online. A full abstact and links to pdf files of his thesis are available at the University of Adelaide Research and Scholarship Digital Library. I’ll find this handy the nex…
