In the United Kingdom women have access to termination of pregnancy for maternal reasons until 24 weeks’ completed gestation, but it is accepted practice for children born at or beyond 25 weeks ’ gestation to be treated according to the child’s perceived best interests even if this is not in accordance with parental wishes. The authors present a case drawn from clinical practice which highlights the discomfort that parents may feel about such an abrupt change in their rights over their child, and argue that parents should have greater autonomy over treatment decisions regarding their prematurely born children. See end of article for authors ’ affiliation
The sources, extent and margins of parental obligations in taking decisions regarding their children...
In this paper we examine the legal framework which governs the management of pregnancy remains in th...
© The Author(s) 2016. Background: There are no universally agreed rules of healthcare ethics. Ethica...
There is an inconsistency in the ways that doctors make clinical decisions regarding the treatment o...
When parents learn that their potential child has a life-limiting, often devastating, prenatal diagn...
Abstract Emergency action to safeguard babies at birth who are at risk of significant harm is sancti...
Recent cases concerned with the future medical treatment of a child with a life-limiting condition h...
The principle of patient self-determination has assumed central importance in British medical law in...
This article discusses the English Court of Appeal case R v Collins, which set aside a High Court or...
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (Choice Act) allows a female of any age to consent to a t...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures ...
As advances in medical technology are constantly re-defining the lower limit of newborn viability, t...
The attitudes of Australian practitioners working in clinical genetics and obstetrical ultrasound we...
International audienceDuring the last few years, several maternity departments in Paris hospitals ha...
In this chapter we consider the role of the law in determining maternal responsibility for foetal we...
The sources, extent and margins of parental obligations in taking decisions regarding their children...
In this paper we examine the legal framework which governs the management of pregnancy remains in th...
© The Author(s) 2016. Background: There are no universally agreed rules of healthcare ethics. Ethica...
There is an inconsistency in the ways that doctors make clinical decisions regarding the treatment o...
When parents learn that their potential child has a life-limiting, often devastating, prenatal diagn...
Abstract Emergency action to safeguard babies at birth who are at risk of significant harm is sancti...
Recent cases concerned with the future medical treatment of a child with a life-limiting condition h...
The principle of patient self-determination has assumed central importance in British medical law in...
This article discusses the English Court of Appeal case R v Collins, which set aside a High Court or...
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (Choice Act) allows a female of any age to consent to a t...
Infants are unable to make their own decisions or express their own wishes about medical procedures ...
As advances in medical technology are constantly re-defining the lower limit of newborn viability, t...
The attitudes of Australian practitioners working in clinical genetics and obstetrical ultrasound we...
International audienceDuring the last few years, several maternity departments in Paris hospitals ha...
In this chapter we consider the role of the law in determining maternal responsibility for foetal we...
The sources, extent and margins of parental obligations in taking decisions regarding their children...
In this paper we examine the legal framework which governs the management of pregnancy remains in th...
© The Author(s) 2016. Background: There are no universally agreed rules of healthcare ethics. Ethica...