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Starks, Helene

Truth Telling in the Setting of Cultural Differences and Incurable Pediatric Illness: A Review

Importance: Navigating requests from parents or family caregivers not to disclose poor prognosis to seriously ill children can be challenging, especially when the requests seem culturally mediated. Pediatric clinicians must balance obligations to respect individual patient autonomy, professional truth telling, and tolerance of multicultural values. 

Tue, 01/10/2023 - 15:48