12 July 2017

The myth of the irrational parent

Will parents really do anything to save their child?


This article by Zoe Williams in the Guardian today is just another in a long line of articles about the case of Charlie Gard saying exactly the same thing.

The accepted message is:
  • The doctors are dispassionate and able to accept that the child is desperately ill and there is nothing to be done.
  • The parents are desperate to save their child at any cost, will do anything at all to save him and are behaving in an irrational way; however this is okay because any parent would do the same.