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dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Dominic
dc.contributor.authorSavulescu, Julian
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T11:41:04Z
dc.date.available2021-04-06T11:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47721
dc.description.abstractWhat should happen when doctors and parents disagree about what would be best for a child? When should courts become involved? Should life support be stopped against parents' wishes? The case of Charlie Gard, reached global attention in 2017. It led to widespread debate about the ethics of disagreements between doctors and parents, about the place of the law in such disputes, and about the variation in approach between different parts of the world. In this book, medical ethicists Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu critically examine the ethical questions at the heart of disputes about medical treatment for children. They use the Gard case as a springboard to a wider discussion about the rights of parents, the harms of treatment, and the vital issue of limited resources. They discuss other prominent UK and international cases of disagreement and conflict. From opposite sides of the debate Wilkinson and Savulescu provocatively outline the strongest arguments in favour of and against treatment. They analyse some of the distinctive and challenging features of treatment disputes in the 21st century and argue that disagreement about controversial ethical questions is both inevitable and desirable. They outline a series of lessons from the Gard case and propose a radical new “dissensus” framework for future cases of disagreement.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conducten_US
dc.subject.otherchild; doctor; ;parents; disagreement; ethics; medical treatment; medical ethicsen_US
dc.titleEthics, conflict and medical treatment for childrenen_US
dc.title.alternativeFrom disagreement to dissensusen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy5640d047-147d-4edf-8f2d-8b6478ac0c38en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedByd859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfden_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780702077838en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780702077821en_US
oapen.collectionWellcomeen_US
oapen.pages180en_US
oapen.place.publicationLondonen_US
oapen.grant.numberWT106587/Z/14/Z; WT 104848/Z/14/Z


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