A central principle of justice is that similar cases should be decided in similar ways. In pediatrics, however, there are cases in which 2 infants have similar diagnoses and prognoses, but their parents request different treatments. In this Ethics Rounds, we present such a situation that occurred in a single NICU. Three physician-ethicists analyze the issues.
Keywords: Amish; ethics; palliative care; religion; tracheoesophageal fistula.
Copyright © 2015 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.