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When family members disagree about end-of-life care decisions

My father is dying and wants to refuse dialysis but my mother keeps pressuring him to fight and I don't know whose side I should be on when they both look to me for support.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between respect for autonomy and family dynamics creates an impossible position where love itself becomes a source of moral paralysis.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Medical ethics across traditions?”

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