Hard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard case
On 24 July 2017, the long-running, deeply tragic and emotionally fraught case of Charlie Gard reached its sad conclusion. Following further medical assessment of the infant, Charlie’s parents and doctors finally reached agreement that continuing medical treatment was not in Charlie’s best interests....
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2017
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| author | Wilkinson, D Savulescu, J |
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| description | On 24 July 2017, the long-running, deeply tragic and emotionally fraught case of Charlie Gard reached its sad conclusion. Following further medical assessment of the infant, Charlie’s parents and doctors finally reached agreement that continuing medical treatment was not in Charlie’s best interests. Life support was subsequently withdrawn and Charlie died on 28 July 2017. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:43666320-72d1-4f3c-ac37-683192322b382022-03-26T14:55:02ZHard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard caseJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:43666320-72d1-4f3c-ac37-683192322b38EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2017Wilkinson, DSavulescu, JOn 24 July 2017, the long-running, deeply tragic and emotionally fraught case of Charlie Gard reached its sad conclusion. Following further medical assessment of the infant, Charlie’s parents and doctors finally reached agreement that continuing medical treatment was not in Charlie’s best interests. Life support was subsequently withdrawn and Charlie died on 28 July 2017. |
| spellingShingle | Wilkinson, D Savulescu, J Hard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard case |
| title | Hard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard case |
| title_full | Hard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard case |
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| title_short | Hard lessons: learning from the Charlie Gard case |
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