Ethics of Managing an Adolescent Living with Disability

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作者：
Maria Loretta Lewin
Preeti M. Galagali
Monica Rita Hendricks
G. D. Ravindran
Sanjiv Lewin
机构：
[1] St. John’s Medical College,Unit of Hope, Department of Pediatrics
[2] Bangalore Adolescent Care & Counselling Centre,Departments of Family Medicine and Clinical Ethics
[3] St John’s College of Nursing,undefined
[4] St. John’s Medical College,undefined
来源：
Indian Pediatrics | 2024年 / 61卷
关键词：
Ethics; Intellectual Disability; Hysterectomy; Menstruation;
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An ethical challenge arose when the parents of an adolescent girl living with severe intellectual disability requested for a permanent surgical intervention (hysterectomy) that would cause cessation of menstruation and reduce the possibility of pregnancy following nonconsensual sex. The family background was rural with poor access to extended family/community support, financial and social welfare resources. The parental distress was real with the adolescent incompetent to give informed consent. Is a non-therapeutic hysterectomy in an adolescent living with severe intellectual disability ethical? Views of a pediatrician, adolescent specialist, nurse, and an ethicist referring to literature suggesting an approach to an ethical decision are discussed herein.
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