Johan Bester (Medicine) is the author of a book, The Limits of Parental Authority: Childhood Wellbeing as a Social Good , which was published last month by Routledge.

This book offers a novel theory of childhood well-being as a social good, and explores the moral foundations and limits of parental authority within a free society, as well as its policy implications. The theory in this book addresses ongoing debates about the nature of parental authority and childhood interests within medical decision-making for children, and bioethics more broadly. The publication of a peer-reviewed academic book is a major accomplishment in the field of bioethics.