Crucial ethical issues [arise] in those clinical decisions which at first sight appear to be the simplest and most straightforward.
Paul Komesaroff,
Troubled Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernism, Medical Ethics, and the Body1(p67)
Dr Jones summons the parents from the 5-year-old patient’s room to share the news and talk about next steps. They follow Dr Jones to the conference room and sit across from him, noticing the box of tissues on the table. Their eyes watch him intently for any clue of what he will say. “As we talked about before, the imaging showed a lesion on his adrenal gland and spots in his lungs. The pathology has returned as metastatic neuroblastoma. This is a tough disease to treat, but we have many options, and we are aiming for a cure.”