Approaches to parental demand for non-established medical treatment: reflections on the Charlie Gard case

In his view we do and always have rationed healthcare-just as every nation has and must do. [...]he noted, medical care is hardly unique in this respect. Since no society, no matter how wealthy can meet everyone's medical desires, Thurow proposed limiting medical care to that in which the marginal costs equal the marginal benefits. Wrangling in court: the American experience The highly publicised case in Florida of Terri Schiavo serves as a warning to those who postulate the wisdom of bringing family-physician disputes on appropriate end-of-life care to court for due process and unbiased resolution. 23 That case involved state and federal courts, the Florida legislature, the Governor of Florida, the US Congress and the President of the USA. [...]neither patient or family, nor the medical community or society were well served by the process.