@article{ref1,
title="Legal applications of the "best interest of the child" standard: judicial rationalization or a measure of institutional competence?",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2014",
author="Carbone, June",
volume="134",
number="Suppl 2",
pages="S111-S120",
abstract="This article explores the use of the best interest standard in the context of third-party interventions in ongoing parent-child relationships. I start by examining the history of the best interest standard and show that it has had different meanings in different eras. I then address the nature of the family and the question of whether interests beyond those addressed in the child's best interest standard are a legitimate part of family decision-making. I conclude that ongoing families are entitled to at least a measure of deference in their decisions about their children. Third-party interventions, such as those of doctors or judges, should require something more than simply a difference of opinion about where the child's interests lie.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2014-1394G",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-1394G"
}