Bridge or Destination: Ethical Complexity, Emotional Unrest

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From Bridge to Destination? Ethical Considerations Related to Withdrawal of ECMO Support over the Objections of Capacitated Patients

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank the members of the Ethics Advisory Board of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago who participated in ethics consultation for and discussion of the case that prompted this commentary. We want to extend a particular thank you to our patient and their family members for allowing us to share something of their story.

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