Re plastic surgery for people with downs syndrome
British Journal of Nursng carried a few articles on this last year
Glasper E. Powell C.
University of Southampton.
Title
Facial surgery and children with Down's syndrome.
Source
British Journal of
Nursing. 8(1):6, 1999 Jan 14-27.
Aylott J.
School of Health and Community Studies, Sheffield Hallam University.
Title
Should children with Down's syndrome have cosmetic surgery?.
[Review] [37 refs]
Source
British Journal of
Nursing. 8(1):33-8, 1999 Jan 14-27.
Abstract
This article explores the rise in the uptake of cosmetic
surgery for children with Down's syndrome. The pursuit of
such surgical intervention is often a response to society's discriminatory
attitude towards Down's syndrome and difference. Such an action raises many
ethical concerns, e.g. should a child be subjected to cosmetic
surgery when he/she does not understand what is happening to
him/her? Much time, effort and resources are needed to work with children
with Down's syndrome to ensure their full and active development through
childhood. There have been changes in challenging discriminatory attitudes
towards people with a disability in society. This, however, is the result of
the public coming into contact and building relationships with people with
disabilities in the wider community and not cosmetic
surgery.
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