Pediatric palliative care providers often care for children with rare, poorly understood diseases. In addition to grappling with a life-limiting diagnosis, families face complexity in decision making stemming from the prognostic uncertainty surrounding their child's rare condition. We discuss several unique challenges, illustrated through case studies of three children who shared the rare diagnosis of congenital disorder of glycosylation.
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