Ethical and anthropological knowledge in the care of severely disabled people
Journal title CHILD DEVELOPMENT & DISABILITIES - SAGGI
Author/s Leonardo Lenzi
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2010/3 Language Italian
Pages 7 P. 9-15 File size 57 KB
DOI 10.3280/CDD2010-003002
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This paper aims: 1) to examine the main ethical issues concerning the treatment and the care of severely disabled people, regarding also economic, structural and programmatic difficulties they meet; 2) to discuss from the ethical side, on the basis of these issues, the so-called Ashley Treatment as a relevant case concerning the values at stake: 3) to propose future scenarios for the treatment of the disabled persons, taking also into account the greater diffusion of the PGD and the development of gene therapy; 4) to highlight the assumptions and the potential anthropological consequences of these issues, pointing out the contribution given by Christian anthropology.
Keywords: Disability, ethics, taking care, Ashley treatment
Leonardo Lenzi, Uno sfondo etico-antropologico per la presa in carico del disabile grave in "CHILD DEVELOPMENT & DISABILITIES - SAGGI" 3/2010, pp 9-15, DOI: 10.3280/CDD2010-003002