Deciding What is Right When we are so Different (IN: Living With Grief: who we are, how we Grieve, edited by K J Doka & J D Davidson)

This chapter examines ethical questions in death & dying by presenting 2 case examples. The first concerns the disclosure of an AIDS diagnosis to a child when the caregiver does not want the child to be told. The second involves the care plan for a profoundly ill elderly woman.