When parents demand "everything".
Critical care professionals may be faced with requests by parents to continue life-sustaining treatment despite professional recommendations to the contrary. Such cases raise complex moral, legal and social issues that require ongoing ethical dialogue in hopes of achieving a social consensus. Professional standards, a statutory framework, case law and the exercise of professional and parental responsibility will also play a role in this dialogue.
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D003128:Coma / Q000628:therapy*; D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012945:Social Values; D035501:Uncertainty