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Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

Dena J. Seiden
Affiliation:
New York University and the New School for Social Research

Abstract

Who is this young woman that seems to have chosen to die by default? She is in effect parentless at a labile and vulnerable age. An attempt at a different social environment has failed. She is depressed. Unknowns are her issues, feelings, and concerns and whether antidepressants have been tried, and if so, what their effect has been. Additional data not given is whether dialysis has been tried, and if not, why not? The known track record of adolescents doing poorly on dialysis would be a concern, but then so is the loss of a scarce resource.

Type
ETHICS COMMITTEES AT WORK
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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