Beyond resources: declining parental requests for futile treatment
The sad and difficult case of Charlie Gard, is the latest in a series of court cases in the UK when parents and doctors have disagreed about medical treatment for a child. Doctors regard the treatment as “futile” or “potentially inappropriate”. Parents, in contrast, want treatment to continue. In th...
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Lancet
2017
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