Louhiala P
J Med Ethics. 2007 Jan;33(1):48-50. doi: 10.1136/jme.2006.016253.
Oestrogen treatment for girls, to prevent psychosocial problems due to extreme tallness, has been available for almost 50 years but uncertainty about its position prevails. The ethical problems of this treatment are focused on in this paper. After a brief overview on historical and medical aspects, ethical issues such as the general justification of oestrogen treatment, evaluation of its success and ethical concerns related to research in this subject are dealt with in detail.
雌激素治疗女孩以预防因身材过高导致的心理社会问题已存在近50年,但关于其地位的不确定性仍然存在。本文重点关注这种治疗的伦理问题。在对历史和医学方面进行简要概述之后,详细讨论了雌激素治疗的一般合理性、其成功性评估以及与此主题研究相关的伦理问题等伦理问题。