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Patient autonomy, capacity and consent (children) (2021)
Book Chapter
Berg, J., & Cave, E. (2021). Patient autonomy, capacity and consent (children). In T. Hervey, & D. Orentlicher (Eds.), Oxford Handbook on Comparative Health Law. Oxford University Press

Ethical advice in paediatric care (2021)
Journal Article
Brierley, J., Cave, E., & Archard, D. (2022). Ethical advice in paediatric care. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107, Article e18. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322671

The need for local ethics advice during the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs) and services. In this review, we focus on paediatric CECs which raise both generic questions and specific issues. In doing this, we... Read More about Ethical advice in paediatric care.

Clinical ethics support services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a cross-sectional survey (2021)
Journal Article
Dittborn, M., Cave, E., & Archard, D. (2022). Clinical ethics support services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(10), 695-701. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107818

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for clinical ethics support provision to ensure as far as possible fair decision-making and to address healthcare workers’ moral distress. Purpose: To describe the availability, characteristics a... Read More about Clinical ethics support services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a cross-sectional survey.

Compulsory Childhood Vaccination: Human Rights, Solidarity and Best Interests (2021)
Journal Article
Archard, D., Brierley, J., & Cave, E. (2021). Compulsory Childhood Vaccination: Human Rights, Solidarity and Best Interests. Medical Law Review, 29(4), 716-727. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab024

Across Europe an increasing number of States have set out policies which limit the right of parents to refuse routinely administered vaccinations on their children’s behalf. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Vavřička and Ot... Read More about Compulsory Childhood Vaccination: Human Rights, Solidarity and Best Interests.

Challenging misconceptions about clinical ethics support during COVID-19 and beyond: Role, remit and representation (2021)
Journal Article
Brierley, J., Archard, D., & Cave, E. (2021). Challenging misconceptions about clinical ethics support during COVID-19 and beyond: Role, remit and representation. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47(8), 549-552. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107092

The pace of change and, indeed, the sheer number of clinical ethics committees (not to be confused with research ethics committees) has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Committees were formed to support healthcare professionals and to operat... Read More about Challenging misconceptions about clinical ethics support during COVID-19 and beyond: Role, remit and representation.

Confirmation of the High Court’s Power to Override a Child’s Treatment Decision: A NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) (2021)
Journal Article
Cave, E. (2021). Confirmation of the High Court’s Power to Override a Child’s Treatment Decision: A NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam). Medical Law Review, 29(3), 537-546. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab007

X, who was nearly 16 at the time of the application, was ‘mature and wise beyond her years’. She has a serious medical condition, sickle cell syndrome, which can cause crises where urgent administration of blood products that are contrary to her reli... Read More about Confirmation of the High Court’s Power to Override a Child’s Treatment Decision: A NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam).