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Conflicts between parents and health care providers are among the most common of the ethical issues encountered in pediatrics. In this article, three cases are presented along with an ethical framework for thinking about cases in which parents and providers disagree.
Doctors revise their diagnostic strategy to provide a timely and meaningful prognosis in accordance with parental goals. This narrative discusses issues of diagnostic uncertainty and the value of relying on clinical gestalt when trying to prioritize medical tests for a sick patient.