TY - BOOK ID - 85918322 TI - Parental rights, best interests and significant harms : medical decision-making on behalf of children post-Great Ormond Street Hospital v Gard AU - Goold, Imogen AU - Herring, Jonathan AU - Auckland, Cressida PY - 2019 SN - 1509924914 9781509924899 1509924892 9781509924899 1509924892 PB - Oxford: Hart, DB - UniCat KW - Children with disabilities - Medical care - Law and legislation - Great Britain KW - Parent and child (Law) - Great Britain KW - Euthanasia - Law and legislation - Great Britain KW - Royaume-Uni KW - Medicine: general issues KW - parental rights; philosophical perspectives; child; serious illness; legal perspectives; sociological perspectives KW - Children with disabilities KW - Parent and child (Law) KW - Euthanasia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85918322 AB - "The question of whether and how decisions are made in respect of a child's medical treatment has become a matter of significant public controversy following the highly publicised cases of Charlie Gard (Great Ormond Street Hospital v Yates [2017]) and Alfie Evans (Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust v Evans et al [2018]). In light of this background, this timely collection brings together commentators from law, medical ethics and clinical medicine, actively drawing on the view from the clinic as well as philosophical, legal and sociological perspectives on the crucial question of who should decide 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 is appropriate to adopt the 'risk of significant harm' approach proposed in Yates. Moreover, it explores the respective roles of parents, doctors and the courts and the possible risks of inappropriate state intrusion in parental decision-making, and how we might address them" ER -