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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509952187 ISBN 13: 9781509952182

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

Imogen Goold is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, UK.

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK.

Cressida Auckland is Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509952187
• ISBN 13: 9781509952182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Goold Imogen, Herring Jonathan, Auckland Cressida