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The troubled pregnancy : legal wrongs and rights in reproduction / J.K. Mason.

Title
The troubled pregnancy : legal wrongs and rights in reproduction / J.K. Mason.
Author
Mason, J. K. (John Kenyon)
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Description
xxvii, 317 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Mason explores aspects of pregnancy which involve medico-legal intervention, including unwanted or undesired pregnancies.
Series Statement
Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics
Uniform Title
Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics
Subject
  • Abortion, Induced > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Wrongful Life > ethics
  • Pregnancy, Unwanted > ethics
  • Pregnancy, Unplanned > ethics
  • Wrongful life
  • Medical personnel > Malpractice
  • Wrongful Life
Note
  • Based on a series of articles written mainly for the Edinburgh law review.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-311) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The nature of the troubled pregnancy -- Voluntary and involuntary termination of pregnancy -- Antenatal care and the action for wrongful birth -- Unsuccessful sterilisation -- Uncovenanted pregnancy and disability -- Wrongful neonatal life -- The management of the disabled neonate -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780521850759 (hardback)
  • 9780521616249 (pbk.)
OCLC
166267733
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library