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...impressive performance as well. Led by Lynch, who nailed two victories, the Crimson swimmers grabbed the top three spots in the 1000 freestyle and the top four in the 500. Harvard also benefited from a strong freshman class. In addition to Chui and Ranta, freshmen Justin Davidson, Jordan Diekema, and Mike Polino also had solid performances this weekend. The Crimson will next compete at the Georgia Invitational, a three-day meet beginning on Nov. 30 that will provide an opportunity for Harvard to measure itself against the rest of the nation’s colleges. The Crimson will not face...
What kind of doctors would agree to shorten and sterilize a disabled 6-year-old girl to make it easier for her parents to take care of her? Dr. Daniel Gunther and Dr. Douglas Diekema, who revealed the details of the Ashley Treatment in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, were intent on improving the life of the child whose parents call her their "pillow angel"; they think their critics don't understand the extreme nature of this case. The critics, especially advocates for the disabled, think the doctors don't understand the true cost of what they have done...
...hard one for them--but the same cannot be said about the doctors. For the 40-member ethics committee of Seattle Children's Hospital, "it took time to get past the initial response--Wow, this is bizarre--and think seriously about the reasons for the parents' request," says Diekema, who chairs the bioethics committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and was brought in to consult on this case...
...treatment would be controversial, although they did not quite foresee the media storm that would erupt when they invited their peers to weigh in. "I felt we were doing the right thing for this little girl, but that didn't keep me from feeling a bit of unease," admits Diekema. "And that's as it should be. Humility is important in a case like this." Gunther too understands the intense feelings the case inspired--but "visceral reactions are not an argument for or against," says Gunther, adding that this was not a girl who was ever going to grow...
...would Drs. Gunther and Diekema take this argument? Would they agree to amputate a child's legs to keep her lighter and more portable? Hormone treatment is nowhere near as risky and disfiguring as amputation, Diekema retorts; it just accelerates a natural process by which the body stops growing. Parents of short children give them growth hormones for social more than medical reasons, he notes. How can it be O.K. to make someone "unnaturally" taller but not smaller? To warnings of a slippery slope, Gunther tilts the logic the other way: "The argument that a beneficial treatment should...