Disagreement, mediation, arbitration: resolving disputes about medical treatment

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

DW and JS have received grants from the Wellcome Trust (WT106587/Z/14/Z, WT104848/Z/14/Z, WT203132/Z/16/Z) in relation to this work. JS was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funders had no role in the preparation of this Comment or the decision to submit for publication. DW is a member of the Ethics and Law Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. DW has provided external medical opinions in cases of conflict relating to medical treatment in children. DW and JS are the authors of a forthcoming book relating to conflict around medical treatment in children. JS reports grants from the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education and personal fees from Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne University, Vermont Oxford Network, and Fertility Society Australia. SB is the Director of The Medical Mediation Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation providing mediation for parents and health professionals and conflict management training to National Health Service hospitals and has received personal fees from The Evelina London Children's Hospital and The Medical Mediation Foundation.