The cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans placed the withdrawal of treatment from terminally ill infants at the forefront of medical law and ethics. In the medico-legal context, Scottish court procedures materially differ from those in England. This article considers these differences in light of the possibility that a similar case might soon call before the Scottish courts. The Court of Session would then be required to consider whether to utilise its parens patriae jurisdiction to consent to the withdrawal of treatment as if it were the parent of the infant. The operation of this jurisdiction is such that the outcome of any Scottish case cannot be said to be certain, as the Scottish courts are bound to pay more heed to parental autonomy than their English counterparts.

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佩特最了解：苏格兰婴儿的医疗退出

Charlie Gard 和 Alfie Evans 的案例将终止对绝症婴儿的治疗置于医学法律和伦理的最前沿。在医疗法律方面，苏格兰法院程序与英格兰的程序大不相同。本文考虑到类似案件可能很快在苏格兰法院审理的可能性，因此考虑了这些差异。届时，最高人民法院将被要求考虑是否利用其父母的管辖权来同意撤回治疗，就好像它是婴儿的父母一样。这一管辖权的运作使得任何苏格兰案件的结果都不能说是确定的，因为苏格兰法院必须比英国法院更加注意父母的自主权。