Pediatric Ethics and the Limits of Parental Authority: Lorenzo’s Oil (1992)

Over the last decade, the number of neuroimaging and other neuroscience studies on the developing brain from fetal life through adolescence has increased exponentially. Children are viewed as particularly vulnerable members of our society and observations of significant neural structural changes associated with behavioral anomalies raise numerous ethical concerns around personal identity, free will, and the possibility of an open future. This chapter provides a review of recent research in the pediatric neuroscience literature, common pediatric decision-making, and social justice models, and discusses the implications of this research for the future of pediatric ethics thinking and policy. New research presents challenges to professional and pediatric bioethicist views of the moral future of children in pediatric healthcare and opportunities to examine anew notions of how to consider the developing moral agency of children.

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Lorenzo's oil: A reassessment

The Medical Journal of Australia ◽

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb138226.x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 160 (6) ◽

pp. 315-317 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alfred Poulos ◽

Evelyn F Robertson

Keyword(s):

Lorenzo’S Oil

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The ECtHR on Parental Authority and Contact aft er Separation: Towards a More Child-Centred Perspective?

European Yearbook on Human Rights 2020 ◽

10.1017/9781839701139.007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 97-134

Author(s):

Evelyn Merckx

Keyword(s):

Parental Authority

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Custody and Care of Children in Spain: Can the Two Rights be Reconciled?

Feminist Legal Studies ◽

10.1007/s10691-021-09466-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marcela Jabbaz Churba

Keyword(s):

Gender Gap ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Parental Authority ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Judicial Process ◽

Gender Based ◽

And Gender ◽

Children’S Voices ◽

The Impact

AbstractThis study aims to analyse the legal decision-making process in the Community of Valencia (Spain) regarding contentious divorces particularly with respect to parental authority (patria potestas), custody and visiting arrangements for children, and the opinions of mothers and fathers on the impact these judicial measures have had on their lives. It also considers the biases in these decisions produced by privileging the rights of the adults over those of the children. Three particular moments are studied: (1) the situation before the break-up, focusing on the invisible gender gap in care; (2) the judicial process, where we observe the impact of hidden gender-based violence and gender stereotypes; and (3) the situation post-decision, showing how any existing violence continues after divorce, by means of parental authority. The concept of ‘motherhood under threat’ is placed at the centre of these issues, where children’s voices are given the least attention.

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