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

Jefferys, Susannah; Faunce, Thomas

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

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2007

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Jefferys, Susannah

Faunce, Thomas

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The Law Book Company

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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

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

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