Topic significance and study purpose/background/rationale: Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) are at risk for significant morbidity and mortality and experience distressing psychological and physical symptoms. Access to…
OBJECTIVE: We reviewed our decisions about continuation/withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in a group of critically ill newborns who were discussed in structured medical ethical decision-making meetings, and provide the surviving children's…
In most western societies the death of a child is a rare occurrence. When it does occur, it typically takes place after a period of intensive and often prolonged treatment. In light of the relative infrequency of these events in clinical practice,…
