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Doctors' liability to the patient's relatives in genetic medicine

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Abstract

This comment analyses the recent High Court's decision in ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust. In this case, the court struck out a claim brought by a patient's daughter against her father's doctors for their failure to warn her of his hereditary disease. The claimant argued that the doctors' failure caused her harm and violated her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. It is argued in this comment that the judge should have accepted the claimant's application.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberfwv037
Pages (from-to)112-123
Number of pages12
JournalMedical Law Review
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • Confidentiality
  • Disclosure
  • Genetic information
  • Liability
  • Relatives

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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