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Ethics, conflict and medical treatment for children: From disagreement to dissensus: Chapter 1 The Charlie Gard case (5 March 2019)

Summary

In this chapter, Wilkinson and Savulescu describe the background to the Charlie Gard case and how it played out over the first half of 2017. They will look at how decisions about medical treatment are normally made and the role of the court in decisions. They outline some of the important ethical questions raised by the Gard case.

Ethics, conflict and medical treatment for children: From disagreement to dissensus: Chapter 1 The C… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537990/

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