http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13391 Sean Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:22:38 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13391 Gordo, it's not an ethical debate that. The question about whether surgery would be beneficial or not is one that can be resolved through a fairly simple study: Provide surgery to 50 patients, study them pre-surgery and post-surgery and you'll be able to tell if it worked or not. The ethical debate is quite a separate debate. I think that it comes down to the difference between "can we resolve BIID symptoms with surgery?" and "should we resolve BIID symptons with surgery?". I believe we *can* do it, and a study would prove (or disprove) that. The ethical debate is about *should* we. Gordo, it’s not an ethical debate that. The question about whether surgery would be beneficial or not is one that can be resolved through a fairly simple study: Provide surgery to 50 patients, study them pre-surgery and post-surgery and you’ll be able to tell if it worked or not. The ethical debate is quite a separate debate. I think that it comes down to the difference between “can we resolve BIID symptoms with surgery?” and “should we resolve BIID symptons with surgery?”. I believe we *can* do it, and a study would prove (or disprove) that. The ethical debate is about *should* we.

]]> http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm/comment-page-1#comment-13385 Marie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:11:57 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/dangling-in-front-of-me-nose.htm#comment-13385 Best of luck, hope the surgeon is real (and inexpenive!) Best of luck, hope the surgeon is real (and inexpenive!)

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