Legal liability for failure to prevent pregnancy (wrongful pregnancy)

Autor:	Lodewicus Charl Coetzee
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Law Wrongful pregnancy Wrongful conception Liability for failing to prevent pregnancy Vasectomy Tubal ligation Misrepresentation Delict Breach of contract Contraception Mukheiber v Raath Edouard v Administrator Natal Medicine Medicine (General) R5-920
Zdroj:	South African Medical Journal, Vol 107, Iss 5, Pp 394-398 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0256-9574 2078-5135
DOI:	10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i5.12073
Popis:	Can the conception of a child ever constitute damage recoverable in law? This article considers the liability of healthcare practitioners for failing to prevent a pregnancy. Developments leading to the recognition of wrongful pregnancy as a cause of (legal) action in South Africa (SA), are briefly outlined. The salient points of the relevant judgments by SA courts are set out to expose the rationale underlying the judgments and to highlight that recognition of liability for wrongful pregnancy resulted from an application of fair and equitable principles of general application. Conduct that could expose practitioners to liability is identified from reported cases and inferred from general principles laid down in case law.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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