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'''Douglas Diekema''' is a paediatric pediatric bioethicist serving who served on [[AAP_Circumcision_Task_Force_2012|AAP's 2012 Task Force on Circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal

Douglas S. Diekema, {{MD}}, {{MPH}}, is attending physician and director of education for the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at [https://www.seattlechildrens.org/ Seattle Children’s Hospital ] and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the {{UNI|University of Washington |UW}} School of Medicine. He received his {{MD}} from the {{UNI|University of North Carolina |UNC}} School of Medicine and his {{MPH}} from the {{UNI|University of Washington |UW}} School of Public Health.<ref>{{REFweb

|title=Douglas S. Diekema, {{MD}}M.D., {{MPH}}M.P.H.

He caused controversy by advocating a ritual nick of the [[clitoris ]] of young girls.<ref>{{REFjournal

Douglas Diekema also caused controversy with his participation as chair of the Children's Hospital institutional review board that handled the Ashley case. The Ashley Treatment refers to a controversial set of medical procedures undergone by a Seattle child, “Ashley X”. Ashley, born in 1997, has severe developmental disabilities due to static encephalopathy of unknown etiology; she is, and will remain, at an infant level mentally and physically. The treatment included growth attenuation via estrogen therapy; hysterectomy (to prevent menstruation and possibility of pregnancy), bilateral breast bud removal (to prevent the development of large breasts), and appendectomy (to prevent appendicitis). The principal purpose of the treatment was to improve Ashley’s quality of life by limiting her growth in size, eliminating menstrual cramps and [[bleeding]], and preventing discomfort from large breasts. The combination of the surgery and the estrogen therapy attracted much public comment and ethical analysis in early 2007, both supportive and condemning. The hospital later admitted that the surgery was illegal and should only have been performed after a court order, a position that is disagreed upon by the attorney of Ashley’s family.<ref>{{REFweb

|title=Introduction to the Ashley TreatmentIntroduction to the Ashley Treatment

|ref=<refname=WP2012>[http{{REFnews |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/circumcision-and-why-pediatricians-are-offering-more-support/2012/08/27/1cdd5752-f06a-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html The Washington Post, |title=Circumcision, and why pediatricians are offering it more support by Janice |last=D'Arcy, |first=Janice |publisher=Washington Post |date=2012-08/-28/2012] |accessdate=2022-12-06}}</ref>

|ref=<refname=Broward2012>[{{REFweb |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120418205212/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com:80/pulp/2012/02/american_academy_of_pediatrics_circumcision.php Broward Palm Beach New Times, |archived=yes |title=American Academy of Pediatrics to Come Out More Strongly in Favor of Circumcision, Suggests Dr. Doug Diekema, Member of Task Force, by |publisher=Broward Palm Beach New Times |last=Funcheon |first=Deirdra Funcheon, |date=2012-02/-14 |accessdate=2022-12-06}}</2012]ref></ref>

|ref=<ref>[http:name=Broward2012//blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/02/american_academy_of_pediatrics_circumcision.php Broward Palm Beach New Times, American Academy of Pediatrics to Come Out More Strongly in Favor of Circumcision, Suggests Dr. Doug Diekema, Member of Task Force, by Deirdra Funcheon, 02/14/2012]</ref>

|ref=<ref>[http:name=Broward2012//blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/02/american_academy_of_pediatrics_circumcision.php Broward Palm Beach New Times, American Academy of Pediatrics to Come Out More Strongly in Favor of Circumcision, Suggests Dr. Doug Diekema, Member of Task Force, by Deirdra Funcheon, 02/14/2012]</ref>

|ref=<ref>[http:name=WP2012//www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/circumcision-and-why-pediatricians-are-offering-more-support/2012/08/27/1cdd5752-f06a-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html The Washington Post, Circumcision, and why pediatricians are offering more support by Janice D'Arcy, 08/28/2012]</ref>

Douglas Diekema posted a job opening for a Clinical Bioethics Fellowship at the website of the [httphttps://www.societyofjewisheticssocietyofjewishethics.org The /Society of Jewish Ethics].<ref>{{REFweb |quote=Douglas Diekema posted a job opening for a Clinical Bioethics Fellowship at the website of the [http://www.societyofjewisheticssocietyofjewishethics.org The Society of Jewish Ethics] |url=httphttps://societyofjewishethicspool.intactiwiki.org/images/Societyofjewishethics.org-node/-52.pdf

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