A Masschusetts hospital withdraws life support on a 12-year old too soon. The recommendation? An ethics committee should review all cases in which a doctor requests to withdraw life support.
A physician should be able to make independent decisions regarding life support. A mandatory, intervening ethics committee is simply hospital CYA.
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