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What is the role of so-called next of kin (and did you know that there's actually no such thing)? Can parents insist on treatment for a baby when doctors think it futile? How are disputes in this context resolved and, better yet, how are they avoided? 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His particular interest is in decisions about medical treatment and he regularly deals with urgent applications to court in emergency situations. Ben is independently rated as one of the leading practitioners in the country in the Court of Protection. He currently sits on the Law and Ethics Policy Unit of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and has a decade of experience of sitting on the ethics of clinical practice committee of a large acute NHS Trust. 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