Should Tactile Defensiveness Exclude a Life-Sustaining Intervention in an Adolescent With Autism?

Wolfe, Ian D; Brunnquell, Don; Sorensen, Rena; Matheny Antommaria, Armand H · Pediatrics · 2022

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Abstract

This Ethics Rounds considers the benefits and burdens of a potentially temporary tracheostomy in an adolescent with autism and severe tactile defensiveness.

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