Medical Treatment of Children and the Law Beyond Parental Responsibilities

This book answers the questions why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child and argues for a different understanding of the law concerning the medical treatment of children.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jo Bridgeman is Professor of Healthcare Law and Feminist Ethics at the University of Sussex, UK.

Zusammenfassung

This book answers the questions why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child and argues for a different understanding of the law concerning the medical treatment of children.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jo Bridgeman, Bridgeman Jo
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2020
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
• EAN: 9780367200022
• ISBN: 978-0-367-20002-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 248
• Serie: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
• Themen: SELF-HELP / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, MEDICAL / Public Health, LAW / Family Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Nursing, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pediatric & Neonatal, Personal & public health, Health & personal development, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Family Law, Social Law, Social and ethical issues, Medical & healthcare law, Medical Sociology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Personal and public health / health education, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medicolegal issues, Medical and healthcare law, Nursing fundamentals and skills, Paediatric nursing, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law, Nursing fundamentals & skills, child welfare law, state intervention families, best interests principle, legal disputes medical decisions children, healthcare professional duties, vulnerable children rights, consent to treatment minors