"Should we have separated conjoined twins, knowing one would die?" from STAT NEWS.

Dr. Cummings, chair of the pediatrics ethics committee at MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, recounts an ethical dilemma: what if saving one life might mean ending another? Conjoined twin sisters urgently needed to be separated because Twin A had a rapidly declining heart condition, which might lead to her death, and consequently the death of Twin B. This complicated story reflects how the health team and family grapple with the complicated situation of: "Even though we could do the separation, should we do it?"