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.

List of contents

1 The Changing Context for Children’s Medical Treatment Cases
2 The Children Act 1989 and Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Treatment Cases
3 The Development of the Legal Framework for Children’s Medical Treatment Cases
4 The Legal Duties of Doctors to Children in Their Care
5 Protecting the Interests and Welfare of Vulnerable Children
6 Professional Duties and Public Responsibilities in Limitation of Life-Sustaining Treatment Cases
7 At the Frontiers of Medicine
8 Professional Duties, Public Responsibilities, and State Intervention into Family Life

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Bridgeman, Bridgeman Jo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367200022
• ISBN: 978-0-367-20002-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; 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