Pillow Angles Case Analysis

This week, we started by reviewing more cases about and the application of the ethical principles: e.g Dax Cowart and Ashley “ the pillow angle”. We talked about that we should be prohibited from utilizing the quality of life (QoL) as a bases of the judgment in these cases. It seems for me that this was not the case in Ashley’s case. The blog that Ashley’s’ parents dedicated to support for all “Pillow Angles”, presented data about the case and why the parents chose to remove her tiny uterus, appendectomy, breast bud removal, estrogen therapy and appendectomy. It fact the primary justification was to improve her QoL Then, it seems after this case, many phydicains who believed that this should be an option for other kids how born with sever physical and cognitive disability, which is called Growth Attenuation Therapy (GAT). …show more content…
However, the opposing argument by many people who supported this decion come from pediatric physicians and nurse practitioners. I can see where they are going with that. For example one of they wrote that it is hard to take care of 10 years old male who wheoghts 200 bl and another teenage girl who suffer sever pain during her menstrual cycle and refused to use pads, while the pills to control her cycle never worked. She thinks as a practitioner that GAT should be offered to many parents with angle pillow kids. In my opinion, there is a fine line in these cases between what’s the best for the patient and what’s the best for the parents as caregiver? But what QoL when both parents die and there is no one to take care of these kids. Is it ethical to support GAT in these cases? is it legal to do