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oapen-20.500.12657-483822021-04-26T10:03:02Z Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms Goold, Imogen Herring, Jonathan Auckland, Cressida parental rights; philosophical perspectives; child; serious illness; legal perspectives; sociological perspectives bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues 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. 2021-04-26T09:56:56Z 2021-04-26T09:56:56Z 2019 book 9781509924912 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48382 eng Hart Publishing 6e5c1b33-df1a-4ad3-a711-cc7d2768d49e 18b2804f-b7cc-44a4-bc8d-95e807cfa001 9781509924912 Oxford open access
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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.
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