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The Charlie Gard case: British and American approaches to court resolution of disputes over medical decisions
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On June 8, 2017, the Supreme Court in the UK rejected a legal appeal in the high-profile case of Charlie Gard, a British infant with a severe genetic disorder whose parents had disagreed with medical professionals and were requesting treatment that the doctors believed was futile. The case is the latest in a series of UK legal cases where courts have authorized withdrawal of treatment against the wishes of parents. In such disputes, British judges have, with rare exception, sided with health ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Perinatology Journal website
- Volume:
- 37
- Pages:
- 1268–1271
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-06-27
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-5543
- ISSN:
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0743-8346
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pubs:702106
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- pubs:702106
- Deposit date:
- 2017-06-28
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- Wilkinson et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 Author(s); published by Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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