TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding to parental requests for nondisclosure to patients of diagnostic and prognostic information in the setting of serious disease
AU - COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS
AU - Taub, Sara
AU - Macauley, Robert
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PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Learning that one’s child is seriously ill can be devastating, requiring families to decide when and how to share information about diagnosis and prognosis with their child. In most cases, this disclosure is made thoughtfully and collaboratively with the medical team. Some parents, however, may be concerned that disclosure will take away their child’s hope, cause emotional pain, or exceed the child’s capacity for understanding. Faced with competing obligations of truth-telling to their patient and respect for parental wishes, pediatricians may be unsure how to proceed. This clinical report examines ethical duties and legal considerations, providing practical and culturally sensitive case-based guidance for clinicians to approach parental requests for nondisclosure of diagnostic or prognostic information.
AB - Learning that one’s child is seriously ill can be devastating, requiring families to decide when and how to share information about diagnosis and prognosis with their child. In most cases, this disclosure is made thoughtfully and collaboratively with the medical team. Some parents, however, may be concerned that disclosure will take away their child’s hope, cause emotional pain, or exceed the child’s capacity for understanding. Faced with competing obligations of truth-telling to their patient and respect for parental wishes, pediatricians may be unsure how to proceed. This clinical report examines ethical duties and legal considerations, providing practical and culturally sensitive case-based guidance for clinicians to approach parental requests for nondisclosure of diagnostic or prognostic information.
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U2 - 10.1542/PEDS.2023-063754
DO - 10.1542/PEDS.2023-063754
M3 - Article
C2 - 37743818
AN - SCOPUS:85172940725
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 152
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 4
M1 - e2023063754
ER -