The decision by a hospital in Essex not to carry out a hysterectomy on a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was welcomed yesterday by charities supporting people with disabilities. The case of Katie Thorpe, from Billericay, who is a wheelchair user, has raised fundamental issues of medical care and patients' rights even though it has not been tested in court.
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Hospital refuses plea for hysterectomy on cerebral palsy girl - The Guardian 19th January 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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