Parental responsibility (PR) was a concept introduced by the Children Act (CA) 1989 which aimed to replace the outdated notion of parental rights and duties which regarded children as parental possessions. Section 3(1) CA 1989 defines PR as 'all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child'. In exercising PR, individuals may make medical treatment decisions on children's behalf. Medical decision-making is one area of law where both children and the state can intercede and limit parental decision-making. Competent children can consent to treatment and the state can interfere if parental decisions are not seemingly in the child's 'best interests'. This article examines the concept, and limitations, of PR in relation to medical treatment decisionmaking.
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机译：父母责任（PR）是1989年儿童法（CA）引入的一个概念，旨在取代过时的将父母视为孩子的父母权利和义务的概念。 《 CA 1989》第3（1）条将PR定义为“根据法律，孩子的父母与孩子有联系的所有权利，义务，权力，责任和权力”。在行使PR时，个人可以代表孩子做出医疗决定。医疗决策是儿童和国家都可以干预和限制父母决策的法律领域之一。如果父母的决定似乎不符合孩子的“最大利益”，那么有能力的孩子可以同意接受治疗，国家可以干预。本文探讨了与医疗决策相关的PR的概念和局限性。
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