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Jane Newburger, MD, Associate Cardiologist-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Boston offered the following responses: What is(are) the most common question(s) that parents ask you? • All parents want to know the concrete details about the procedures we do, what their child will be like after the procedure, when they can be with their child, etc. • All parents want to know the effect (risks and benefits) that a procedure will have on their child and whether a procedure is absolutely necessary. • All parents want to know how their child's heart problem will affect his/her future life. • All want to know if they have the very best doctor(s) to treat their child's problem. • Sometimes parents ask whether they should have a second opinion regarding the need for surgery. When I am asked this question, my response is invariably yes, because I believe that no parent should look back to wonder whether he/she did the best by his/her child. |
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