Wrongful life actions as a means of regulating use of genetic and reproductive technologies.
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Universi ty of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. The author would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the British Academy, Arts and Hum anities Research Board. Many of the points made with regard to the law of tort are equally applicable to its civil law equ ivalent, i.e., the law of de lict. The following labels are also used by Kennedy and Grubb. S ee I. Kennedy & A. G rubb , Medical Law: Text with Mater ials, 2d ed. (London: Butterworths, 1994) at 927-1006. Nonetheless, these categories exhibit slight definitional differences from those of Kennedy and Grubb. Wrongful Life Actions as a Means of Regulating Use of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Health law journal
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999