TY - JOUR T1 - Informed dissent: the view of a disabled woman JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 75 LP - 76 DO - 10.1136/jme.12.2.75 VL - 12 IS - 2 AU - Alison Davis Y1 - 1986/06/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/12/2/75.abstract N2 - Madeleine Simms begins her article by saying that it will attempt to `redress the balance' of views on the conflicting rights of handicapped children and their parents. I, on the other hand, will argue that no semblance of a balance has yet been achieved, and that her questions and conclusions merely serve to tip the scales further away from a genuine rights-based theory to a pragmatic utilitarian assessment of individual `worth'. ER -