Truth, Lies, and Keeping Secrets in Childhood Cancer | Grand Rounds Oakland

Presented by:

Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA, HEC-C
Attending Physician, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 
The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai 
Chairman, Sinai Hospital Ethics Committee 
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics 
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Learning Objectives:

1. Specify circumstances when it may be ethically acceptable to abide by a family’s request not to disclose a cancer diagnosis to a child. 
2. Examine cultural reasons for not disclosing a cancer diagnosis. 
3. Evaluate the benefits associated with diagnostic and prognostic disclosure to children with cancer. 
4. Propose an approach based on trust and open lines of communication that respects parental requests for nondisclosure.

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