Ethical Principles for the Management of Children with Disorders of Sex Development: A Systematic Approach for Individual Cases

Lynn Gillam; Jacqueline K. Hewitt; Garry L. Warne

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22964-0_15

Ethical Principles for the Management of Children with Disorders of Sex Development: A Systematic Approach for Individual Cases

Lynn Gillam, Jacqueline K. Hewitt, Garry L. Warne

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Abstract

The Fifth World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights (Halifax Resolutions, http://www.lawrights.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=109, August 2009) adopted a resolution endorsing a new set of ethical guidelines for the management of infants and children with disorders of sex development (DSD) (Halifax Resolutions, http://www.lawrights.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=109, 2009), based on the ethical principles developed by our group. In this chapter, we outline these principles and explain their basis. The principles are intended as an ethical foundation for treatment decisions for DSD, especially regarding type and timing of genital surgery for infants and young children. These principles were formulated by an analytic review of clinician’s reasoning in particular cases, in relation to established principles of bioethics, in a process consistent with the Rawlsian concept of reflective equilibrium as the method for building ethical theory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Disorders of Sex Development: An Integrated Approach to Management
Publisher	Springer
Pages	147-157
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642229640
ISBN (Print)	9783642229633
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22964-0_15
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Ethical Principles for the Management of Children with Disorders of Sex Development : A Systematic Approach for Individual Cases. / Gillam, Lynn; Hewitt, Jacqueline K.; Warne, Garry L.

Disorders of Sex Development: An Integrated Approach to Management. Springer, 2012. p. 147-157.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review

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