RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unproven treatment in childhood oncology--how far should paediatricians co-operate?
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 77
OP 79
DO 10.1136/jme.20.2.77
VO 20
IS 2
A1 J Jackson
YR 1994
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/20/2/77.abstract
AB How should doctors respond to requests from parents of terminally ill children for unproven treatments to be tried? Here it is argued that doctors faced with difficult cases where (1) it is not obviously against a child's interests to undergo an unproven treatment and (2) provided the treatment does not draw extravagantly on NHS funds, it may be appropriate, though not necessarily obligatory, for doctors to comply. It is important to recognise that often there may not be 'the right response'--only alternative appropriate responses.