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Children’s medical treatment decision-making: reform or review?

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posted on 2023-06-16, 09:47 authored by Jo BridgemanJo Bridgeman
This article considers proposals to reform the law in response to recent high profile cases concerning the medical treatment of children, currently before Parliament in the Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill 2019–21. It considers the proposed procedural change, to introduce a requirement for mediation before court proceedings, and argues that dispute resolution processes should be a matter of good practice rather than enshrined in law. It argues that the proposed substantive change to determination of best interests would not result in different outcomes because the best interests analysis co-exist with the legal and professional duties of doctors to children in their care. It argues that if there is to be reform of the law it needs to follow from a comprehensive review of all the issues in which the minimum standards imposed by law fit together with good practice standards and not in response to individual cases.

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Clinical Ethics

ISSN

1477-7509

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SAGE Publications

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3

Volume

16

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1-6

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  • Law Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-11-11

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-11-11

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-11-11

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