The troubled pregnancy; legal wrongs and rights in reproduction.9780521850759 The troubled pregnancy; legal wrongs and rights in reproduction. Mason, J.K. Cambridge U. Pr. 2007 317 pages $48.00 Hardcover Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics K2000 In the context of the UK Abortion Act 1967 and other Commonwealth, European, and US legal responses, Mason (emeritus, forensic medicine forensic medicine: see medical jurisprudence. forensic medicine Science of applying medical knowledge to legal questions, recognized as a specialty since the early 19th century. Its primary tool has always been the autopsy, to identify the dead (e.g. , U. of Edinburgh School of Law) examines those aspects of the problem pregnancy that require or involve medico-legal intervention. While wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action is a well-known concept, wrongful birth A Medical Malpractice claim brought by the parents of a child born with birth defects, alleging that negligent treatment or advice deprived them of the opportunity to avoid conception or terminate the pregnancy. due to poor prenatal care prenatal care, n the health care provided the mother and fetus before childbirth. or failed sterilization sterilization Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system). is analyzed here in a review of relevant cases, including those involving liability for a resultant unwanted or disabled child. Another concept emphasized is that pregnancy extends to the duty of care of the newborn. He points out that unlike U.S. courts, UK courts have traditionally been reluctant to interfere with clinical judgement. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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