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| The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction (Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics) | 
 enlarge | Author: J. K. Mason
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Discount Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 346
Shipping Weight (pounds): 1.5
Dimensions (inch): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0521850754
Dewey Decimal Number: 344
EAN: 9780521850759
Publication Date: July 30, 2007
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Product Description
Mason looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy which require or involve medico-legal intervention. The unwanted pregnancy is considered particularly in the light of the Abortion Act 1967, s.1(1)(d) and the related action for so-called wrongful birth due to faulty ante-natal care. The unexpected or uncovenanted birth of a healthy child resulting from failed sterilisation is approached through an analysis of the seminal case of McFarlane and associated cases involving disability in either the neonate or the mother. The disabled neonate's right to sue for its diminished life is discussed and the legal approach to the management of severe congenital disease is analysed - thus following Baroness Hale in believing that care of the newborn is an integral part of pregnancy. Aspects are considered from historical and comparative perspectives, including coverage of experience in the USA, the Commonwealth and Europe.
Book Description
Mason assesses the historic and contemporary legal reactions to the management of a pregnancy that is unwanted or undesired as a result of medical mismanagement or negligence. The text also explores the legal regulation of the treatment of the disabled fetus or newborn child.
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