Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children Post-Great Ormond Street Hospital v Gard

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Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children Post-Great Ormond Street Hospital v Gard

Edited by Imogen Goold · Jonathan Herring · Cressida Auckland
Hart Publishing June 2021

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9781509952182
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
June 2021
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Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This timely collection brings together philosophical, legal and sociological perspectives on the crucial question of who should make decisions about the fate of a child suffering from a serious illness. In particular, the collection looks at whether the current 'best interests' threshold is the appropriate boundary for legal intervention, or whether it would be more appropriate to adopt the 'risk of significant harm' approach proposed in Gard. It explores the roles of parents, doctors and the courts in making decisions on behalf of children, actively drawing on perspectives from the clinic as well as academia and practice. In doing so, it teases out the potential risks of inappropriate state intrusion in parental decision-making, and considers how we might address them.

Table of Contents

1. Setting the Scene – Supporting and Informing Shared Decision-Making at the Bedside: Avoiding and De-escalating Conflict between Clinicians and Families
Emily Harrop
2. Evaluating 'Best Interests' as a Threshold for Judicial Intervention in Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children
Imogen Goold
3. Parental Decisions and Court Jurisdiction: Best Interests or Significant Harm?
Rachel Taylor
4. The Legal Basis of the Court's Jurisdiction to Authorise Medical Treatment of Children
Rob George
5. In Defence of a Conditional Harm Threshold Test for Paediatric Decision-Making
Dominic Wilkinson
6. The Harm Threshold: A View from the Clinic
Giles Birchley
7. Beyond Best Interests: A Question of Professional Conscience?
Jo Bridgeman
8. Preserving the Therapeutic Alliance: Court Intervention and Experimental Treatment Requests
Sara Fovargue
9. Futility
Cressida Auckland
10. Vulnerability and Medical Decisions Concerning Children
Jonathan Herring
11. Resolving Disagreements about the Care of Critically Ill Children: Evaluating Existing Processes and Setting the Research Agenda
Louise Austin and Richard Huxtable
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