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Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Jacqueline J. Glover
Affiliation:
Center for Health Ethics and Law at West Virginia University and Ethics Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics

Abstract

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.

Type
ETHICS COMMITTEES AT WORK
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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