Navigating Growth Attenuation in Children with Profound Disabilities

Hastings Center Report 40 (6):27-40 (2010)
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Abstract

A twenty‐person working group convened to discuss the ethical and policy considerations of the controversial intervention called “growth attenuation,” and if possible to develop practical guidance for health professionals. A consensus proved elusive, but most of the members did reach a compromise.

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