Confront medical moral dilemmas

A six-year-old girl is in end-stage leukaemia. Her parents are refusing a final, low-probability course of chemotherapy that may extend her life by a few months but will cause significant suffering. The clinicians believe the treatment is no longer in the child's best interests. Use the bioethical vocabulary and hedging phrases from this lesson to articulate your view, name the principles at stake, and respond thoughtfully to your colleague's challenges.