Difficult decisions in the Charlie Gard case | Letters

Healthcare professionals are often under enormous pressure to hold out false hope in the face of unpalatable facts, writes Allan DoddsA big thank you to the anonymous author of the article on the sad fate of Charlie Gard (5 August). Healthcare professionals are often placed under enormous pressure to hold out false hope in the face of unpalatable but brute facts. While tabloid newspapers employ emotion applied to speculation, professionals employ reason applied to evidence. When medical decision