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An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa
Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60105 An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa Carstens, Pieter Albert, 1960- u15393683@tuks.co.za Tregoning, Tara UCTD medical negligence wrongful birth wrongful life claims SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2016. In our law, medical practitioners may incur liability if they do not properly exercise their legal duty towards a healthcare user and harm ensues.1 This negligent conduct of the medical practitioner will give rise to delictual liability if all the elements of delict are met: harm, conduct, causation, fault and wrongfulness.2 This dissertation intends to analyse the current legal position in South Africa regarding wrongful birth and wrongful life claims and specifically whether they constitute valid delictual claims, and will also look briefly at the global attitude towards such claims. Wrongful life claims are particularly controversial and the topic sparks debate on the sanctity of life, human dignity and equality. These claims are said to involve questions too existential for a court to be expected to provide answers.3 This dissertation aims to discuss the arguments both for and against allowing claims for wrongful life, within the context of the Constitution4 and the ever-changing boni mores. Public Law MPhil Unrestricted 2017-04-26T11:51:56Z 2017-04-26T11:51:56Z 2017/04/06 2016 Mini Dissertation Tregoning, T 2016, An analysis of wrongful birth and lives claim in South Africa, MPhil Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60105> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60105 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD medical negligence wrongful birth wrongful life claims SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title | An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title_full | An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title_short | An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa |
| title_sort | analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in south africa |
| topic | UCTD medical negligence wrongful birth wrongful life claims SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60105 |