Choosing for Children: Parents' Consent to Surgery

by Priscilla Alderson

One mother described part of the complications of consenting to her one-week-old child's high-risk heart surgery.

'I can't imagine her being any more precious to me than she is now. I can hardly bear feeling so close to her as it is...I can't wait until I see her again. It's worse than being in love.'

Can emotional parents be rational enough to give informed proxy consent? Research observations and interviews with many parents and practitioners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032427485
• ISBN13: 9781032427485
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages