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Determining the Best Interests of the Child
... their interests and advance their ...the best interests and welfare of children, taking into consideration the degree of development of their capabilities, and free from any discrimination motivated ...
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Mandatory reporting of sexual abuse under the Sexual Offences Act and the 'best interests of the child'
... ‘best interests’ of the children concerned, the provisions in the Children’s Act are clearly aimed at enabling children over 12 years to ascertain their HIV status in order to allow them to obtain treatment ...
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Anorexia, Capacity, and Best Interests: Developments in the Court of Protection Since the Mental Capacity Act 2005
... in each case was also the outcome which the expert opinion tended to favour. While of course the cases can be reconciled simply by pointing to the fact that cases should be dealt with on their own facts, and any ‘quirk’ ...
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Psychiatrists' attitudes towards autonomy, best interests and compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: a questionnaire survey
... of best interests of patients with anorexia nervosa; and the preservation of autonomy in anorexia nervosa, as seen in the ability to make choices, retain control and make deci- sions about ...
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Reflections on Charlie Gard and the Best Interests Standard From Both Sides of the Atlantic Ocean
... the best interest standard, and controversy over what roles best interest plays in pediatric decision making, pediatric guidelines in both the United States and the United Kingdom assert that decision ...
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Shared Parental Responsibility, Family Violence and the Best Interests of Children in Family Law.
... ‘best interests’ of children is ambitious and difficult, and conceptions of children’s interests have changed markedly over a relatively short period of ...their best interests are ...
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Policy Statement on Planned Home Birth: Upholding the Best Interests of Children and Families
... the best interests of children and their families, by acknowledging maternal and family autonomy and the complexity of their decision-making, by setting rigorous standards for care of infants born in any ...
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The best interests of the child and the return of results in genetic research: international comparative perspectives
... The right not to know can be restricted in certain circumstances when it is in the best interests of the patient or on an exceptional basis [27], as provided in article 26(1). As the Explanatory Report ...
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In the Child’s Best Interests: Examining International Child Abduction, Adoption, and Asylum
... child’s best interests principle as the Child Abduction ...child’s best interests principle and better ideas towards implementing ...child’s best interests are the primary ...
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Going home? An ethnographic study of assessment of capacity and best interests in people with dementia being discharged from hospital
... about best interests and subsequent discharge decisions are complex from every perspective: difficult for healthcare professionals, but cru- cial for people with dementia (because determinative of their ...
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Permeating the Good Old Boys Club: Why Holding the Commissioner of Baseball to a Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty is in the "Best Interests" of the Game
... McCourt were to bring this suit, he should contend that the Commissioner’s constant reliance on this broad power demands that he invoke it whenever his fiduciary obligation to act in the game’s best ...
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we will work to achieve excellence in adoption and adoption related services, with the best interests of children as our primary consideration
... The work of the Adoption Authority will be guided by the operational principles set out below. Ireland has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and will shor tly ratify the Hague Convention ...
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The moral landscape of pediatric oncology : an empirical study on best interests, parental authority and child participation in decision making
... child’s best interest; (2) parental responsibility and authority in decision-making about the life and health of a child; (3) the emerging desire and capacity for self-determination of an older child, and (4) the ...
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Two Conflicts in Context: Lessons from the Schiavo and Bland Cases and the Role of Best Interests Analysis in the United Kingdom
... See Committee on Science and the Law, Legal Implications of Withdrawal of Care for Persistently Vegetative Patients, 64 R EC . A SS ’ N C ITY OF N.Y. 81, 113 (2009) (hereinafter, Committee on Science and the Law) ...
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Thompson v. Fairfax County Department of Family Services: Determining the Best Interests of the Indian Child
... In Virginia, there are ten factors that the court considers in determining the best interests of the child. These are: (1) the age and physical and mental condition of the child, giving due consideration to ...
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About this booklet The role of social care professionals Defining and assessing mental capacity Best interests 7
... the best interests of the ...the best course of action or treatment, unless the person has made clear in the past that they would not want a particular individual ...
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Considering Complementary and Alternative Medicine Alternatives in Cases of Life-Threatening Illness: Applying the Best-Interests Test
... the best inter- ests of their child, (2) explain limits on parental decision-making authority when illness poses serious risks to a child’s life or health, (3) explore how “best interests” are ...
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The best interests of children in immigration law
... the best interest principle should sit when carrying out the necessary balancing exercise in an article 8 case and assessing whether a decision to remove an individual is proportionate when taking all relevant ...
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Intercountry Adoptions: In the Best Interests of the Child?
... the best interests of the child are the paramount consideration, de facto couples (heterosexual or same sex) should be permitted under the Hague Convention and the Queensland legislation to be on the ...
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Planned Home Birth: A Violation of the Best Interests of the Child Standard?
... The resolution of this question depends directly on the preventable, increased perinatal risks of planned home birth. If planned home birth can prevent these risks if certain circumstances are met, then the best ...
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