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Carole L. Marcus, MBBCh

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(6):616.

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The authors of the article "Attenuating Growth in Children With Profound Developmental Disability: A New Approach to an Old Dilemma"¹ discuss the ethics of inducing intentional growth stunting to facilitate the care of a child with developmental disabilities. However, according to TIME magazine,² these authors are telling only half the story. In their article in the Archives, they discuss administrating high-dose estrogen to fuse the child's epiphyses and limit growth. However, the TIME article also states that the child's breast buds were surgically removed to decrease the chance of her developing fibrocystic disease or being uncomfortable with her rehabilitative equipment. She also underwent a hysterectomy to prevent problems in the future related to menses. Thus, it appears as if the child's family did not merely wish to limit her size to facilitate taking care of her; they also wanted to infantilize her and remove any . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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