Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Abandoning the Common Law; Medical Negligence, Genetic Tests and Wrongful Life in the Australian High Court

Thumbnail Image

Date

2007

Authors

Jefferys, Susannah
Faunce, Thomas

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

The Law Book Company

Abstract

The Australian High Court recently found that the common law could allow parents to claim tortious damages when medical negligence was proven to have led to the birth of an unplanned, but healthy, baby (Cattanach v Melchior (2003) 215 CLR 1). In Harriton

Description

Keywords

Keywords: article; Australia; genetic screening; human; legal aspect; malpractice; wrongful life; Australia; Genetic Screening; Humans; Malpractice; Wrongful Life

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53319

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Law and Medicine

Type

Journal article

Book Title

Entity type

Access Statement

Open Access

License Rights

DOI

Restricted until

Downloads

File
Description
01_Faunce_Abandoning_the_Common_Law;_2007.pdf (90.72 KB)

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS