January 27, 2023
Charlie Gard was a young boy whose story was all over the international media in 2017. Read BBC article for factual background: The tragic case of […]
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June 4, 2009
A story that illustrates a discussion about futility This story concerns a patient, a youngish man who has a diagnosis of ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease.) […]