| How can you say that parents’ reasons don’t matter?! -- Professor Lynn Gillam |
23 Jul 2025, 12:30 PM
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1:30 PM
Venue: Ella Latham Auditorium and online
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Synopsis When parents refuse medical
treatment that is very likely to save their child’s life, prevent loss of
function or greatly improve the child’s quality of life, the first question
that everyone (including ethicists) asks is “Why? What are their reasons?”. The
problem is that according to the Zone of Parental Discretion, the only thing
that matters in making the ethical decision about whether to treat the child
against the parents’ wishes is whether the child will be harmed without
treatment. The parents’ reasons don’t matter. Ever since I first
articulated this idea in print, people have pushed back – it just seems wrong,
surely parents’ reasons do matter! So let’s tackle this: aided by a bit of
background, a hypothetical case and lots of time for discussion.
Speaker
Professor Lynn Gillam is a Clinical Ethicist, and has worked in that role at RCH for
nearly 20 years. She is the Academic Director of the Children’s Bioethics
Centre at RCH, and Professor of Health Ethics in the Department of Paediatrics,
University of Melbourne.
Presented in the Ella Latham Auditorium, The Royal
Children’s Hospital and online by zoom webinar: Click to join
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| Reddihough Symposium - Developmental Medicine |
30 Jul 2025, 12:30 PM
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Children’s Hospital and online by zoom webinar: Click to join
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