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Navigating Growth Attenuation in Children with Profound Disabilities: Children’s Interests, Family Decision-Making, and Community Concerns
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 40, Number 6, November-December 2010
- pp. 27-40
- Article
- Additional Information
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.