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Clinical negligence: Wrongful birth: a complex anomaly
Julian Matthews looks at the rules limiting recovery of damages in such cases, and practical issues relating to the quantification and management where a claim can be made ‘A wrongful birth claim based upon a negligent failed sterilisation, or failures in relation to antenatal screening, where there is then a disabled child born, is likely …
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