Unproven treatment in childhood oncology--how far should paediatricians co-operate?

How should doctors respond to requests from parents of terminally ill children for unproven treatments to be tried? Here it is argued that doctors faced with difficult cases where (1) it is not obviously against a child's interests to undergo an unproven treatment and (2) provided the treatment...

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Main Author: Jackson, J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1994
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-79
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