Medical Treatment of Children and the Law

The changing context for children's medical treatment cases -- The Children Act 1989 and responsibilities for children's medical treatment -- The development of the legal framework for children's medical treatment cases -- The legal duties of doctors to children in their care -- Protecting the interests and welfare of vulnerable children -- Professional duties and public responsibilities in limitation of life-sustaining treatment cases -- At the frontiers of medicine -- Professional duties, public responsibilities and state intervention into family life.