Best Interests Decision-Making in Clinical and Legal Practice 2024

Led by colleagues from the Centre for Ethics in Medicine and the Centre for Health, Law and Society, BABEL (Balancing Best Interests in Healthcare Ethics and Law) is a Wellcome Trust-funded project. The project has explored healthcare decisions for individuals who are deemed to be unable to make decisions for themselves. When someone is considered to lack what the law calls “mental capacity” or “competence”, then decisions must be made in their “best interests”. The project has explored how “best interests” should be understood – which factors and values should be considered, who should be involved, and indeed whether “best interests” is even the best approach. The one-day event will share findings from the project. It will bring together voices from across the “best interests” decision-making process, including people with lived experience, advocates, medical and legal professionals, and academic researchers in law and ethics.

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