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Commentary: Weighing the Balance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2010

Amnon Goldworth
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I am inclined to agree with Arthur Caplan that a less invasive means than was employed in the case of Ashley X would have been preferable. But, such means do not, as yet, exist. Given these circumstances, what are the issues that the bioethics committee needs to consider prior to making a recommendation to the surgeon?

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Ethics Committees at Work
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 2010 , pp. 415 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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