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Charlie Gard case

legal · in 4 sources (2017–2018)

Sources by year: 2017: 2 · 2018: 2

Also known as: Charlie Gard

Also named in the threads: Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (6) · Best interests (7) · Medical ethics (5) · Wikipedia (2) · NHS (3) · Medicine interview (4) · University of Cambridge (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-01-27 · Charlie Gard - Medical Ethics and Law — Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says an American doctor offered Charlie Gard an experimental treatment; his parents wanted to fly him to the US, Great Ormond Street Hospital said this was not in his best interests, and a court battle followed. — 00:00:58
    • Ali says the Charlie Gard case hinged on his best interests: Great Ormond Street Hospital, backed by many experts, held that continued or experimental treatment was not in them, while his parents wanted to give him a chance. — 00:01:58
    • Mr Justice Francis (quoted): Mr Justice Francis wrote that Charlie Gard's parents had accepted his life could not be improved and that the only remaining course was palliative care, letting him die with dignity. — 00:04:05
    • Ali agrees with Iain Brassington that legally the Charlie Gard case was very straightforward. — 00:05:11
    • Ali says Charlie Gard's parents wanted continued and experimental treatment while the hospital thought it futile, so the courts were brought in as an independent body to hear both sides and decide his best interests. — 00:05:41
    • Ali says the judge agreed with Great Ormond Street's experts that the evidence was not there, so the best-interests decision was against the experimental treatment and for withdrawing Charlie Gard's life support, as each day meant suffering. — 00:07:29
    • Ali says the NHS did not hold Charlie Gard captive: when parents and doctors disagree, an independent court arbitrates, which is what happened and which he thinks is a pretty good way of doing things. — 00:12:50
    • Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says almost any treatment carries harm, and flying a very sick baby to the US for experimental treatment carried real risk, so it was not simply Charlie Gard's one shot. — 00:14:59
    • Ali says the Charlie Gard case was not euthanasia, despite many outlets saying so: euthanasia is acting with the intent to kill, and in Charlie's case the intent was never to kill. — 00:21:38
    • Ali says it was not that continuing to live was against Charlie Gard's best interests, but that the specific treatments, the experimental therapy and mechanical ventilation, were. — 00:22:14
    • Ali personally believes it was right to withdraw Charlie Gard's medical treatment. — 00:22:49
  • 2018-02-14 · Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal — Ali found the Journal of Medical Ethics blog while preparing his video on the Charlie Gard case, and has spent the last few weeks reading through its backlog. — 00:01:08
  • …and 31 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2017