Q&A: How to handle nondisclosure requests from parents of serious ill children

What happens when a parent asks a clinician not to disclose to their child that the child has a serious illness?
The AAP published new guidance from its Committee on Bioethics in Pediatrics that addresses how to approach parental requests for nondisclosure.
We spoke with Sara Taub, MD, MBE, FAAP, an associate professor of pediatrics in the divisions of palliative care and general pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University, about the guidance and the ethical questions involved in these situations.
Healio: What prompted this report? Taub: Several years ago, members of the AAP Committee on

What happens when a parent asks a clinician not to disclose to their child that the child has a serious illness?
The AAP published new guidance from its Committee on Bioethics in Pediatrics that addresses how to approach parental requests for nondisclosure.
We spoke with Sara Taub, MD, MBE, FAAP, an associate professor of pediatrics in the divisions of palliative care and general pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University, about the guidance and the ethical questions involved in these situations.
Healio: What prompted this report? Taub: Several years ago, members of the AAP Committee on