Intensive care: because you’re worth it?

Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine Richard Hain explores the question: "Are there children for whom intensive care and resuscitation are not appropriate?" Beginning with the notion that a "sense of moral discomfort is surely not a robust enough base on which to build a sound ethical approach," Hain argues that agreement about the need to withhold or withdraw treatment can potentially mask serious differences about the value of children with life-limiting conditions.

Available online at: http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20121211_1.pdf