Download This PaperDissecting the Charlie Gard Case
5 Pages Posted: 16 Aug 2017
Date Written: August 5, 2017
Abstract
The recent British case involving the infant Charlie Gard has generated considerable controversy. This piece offers my take on why the British courts were correct in their refusal to implement the parents' wishes to keep their desperately ill child alive.
Keywords: Futility, End of Life, Surrogate Decisionmaking
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Cantor, Norman L., Dissecting the Charlie Gard Case (August 5, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3014168 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3014168
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