title: TOEING THE LINE (OR DOING A DELICATE DANCE?): THE COURTS AND THE CLINICIANS.
abstract: This comment responds to the comment by Jonathan Youngs in St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v P(1) entitled 'Can the courts force the doctor's hand?' Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 99-111, doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwv042. It clarifies an important factual error in that comment as to the nature of the order made by the court, and it provides further observations upon the respective role of courts and clinicians in cases involving medical treatment decisions.
authors: School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester Visiting Research Fellow, Dickson Poon School of Law, Kings College London alex.ruckkeene@39essex.com.
authors: Alexander
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authors: Ruck Keene
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D010820:Physicians
keywords: Best interests decisions; Jurisdiction of the court; Medical treatment decisions