Cutting Edge Treatment: Pain and Surgery in the Ashley X Case.

Dick Sobsey
2009 · vol. 37 , pp. 63–90 · W1755106630
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This article examines how pain and surgery were selectively employed in arguments surrounding the Ashley X procedures, noting a lack of balanced discussion due to weak research foundations.

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Pain and surgery are phenomena that have frequently been mentioned in the discussions of the Ashley X case. This article describes how pain and surgery have been used selectively to argue for or against the Ashley X procedures. Few if any of the many publications discussing the merits of the Ashley-X procedures can be said to strike a reasonable balance between the pros and cons of the procedures. This lack of balance and extreme polarization may result in part from the lack of precedents and weak research foundation for making decisions around this kind of treatment.

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