Commentary
The case of a dying baby with “dead gut syndrome” is one of the most difficult in pediatric ethics. I have been involved in several such cases and they are extremely challenging for all parties, especially the parents. With the luxury of being an “armchair quarterback,” I will comment on this case f...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1999
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 540-541 |
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Summary: | The case of a dying baby with “dead gut syndrome” is one of the most difficult in pediatric ethics. I have been involved in several such cases and they are extremely challenging for all parties, especially the parents. With the luxury of being an “armchair quarterback,” I will comment on this case from the perspective of when it first began and at the end point described in the narrative. |
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ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180199234160 |