Should religious beliefs be allowed to stonewall a secular approach to withdrawing and withholding treatment in children?
Religion is an important element of end-of-life care on the paediatric intensive care unit with religious belief providing support for many families and for some staff. However, religious claims used by families to challenge cessation of aggressive therapies considered futile and burdensome by a wid...
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| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2013
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 39, Issue: 9, Pages: 573-577 |
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