Medscape October 2, 2023
When children have a serious illness, some families choose not to disclose the severity to them, reasoning that knowing the extent of the illness may take away their hope. Deciding whether to tell children or adolescents about the seriousness of their disease is a complex judgment and can pose legal, ethical, and moral challenges for parents and care providers.
Default should be inclusion
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends in a new clinical report that the default should be to include children in conversations about their illness in a developmentally appropriate way, to the extent parents are comfortable.
The report, written by Sara Taub, MD and Robert Macauley, MD, MDiv, both in the department of pediatrics at Oregon Health...
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