Because the child who is dying because you are not treating the child might die slowly over days or weeks depending on the child's condition, obviously.

如果让这个孩子,由于放弃治疗而死去,他可能会在几天甚至几周内慢慢死去,当然要看孩子自身的身体情况。

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And so they make a decision essentially to allow the child to die through non-treatment.

所以他们会作出决定,放弃治疗，让孩子自然死亡。

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