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The weight of words: Language and ethics in pediatric palliative care
Sherburne H, Schiltz B · Palliative & supportive care · 2025
"Reflection A young man – who loved fishing, adored football, and dreamed of becoming an engineer – lay dying in the intensive care unit as leukemia and infection devastated his body. Confronted with the unimaginable, his parents chose to implement a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order to protect him from bruising and rib fractures at the end of life. A teenage girl – passionate about nail art, hunting, and photography – was nearing the end of life after a prolonged struggle with metastatic osteosarcoma. Her parents made a different choice: they opted not to implement a DNR policy. They needed to know that everything was done to save their daughter. Whose parent made the right decision?"
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