When treatment fails : how medicine cares for dying children / David J. Bearison.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

xvii, 289 pages ; 24 cm

1. Pediatric end-of-life care -- 2. Narrative theory, medicine, and methods -- 3. Twenty stories about how children die -- 4. Withholding or withdrawing curative treatments -- 5. Pain and suffering -- 6. Staff reacting -- 7. Patients and families reacting -- 8. Conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.