AvMa review a copy of Rebecca Greenstreet’s book ‘A practical guide to wrongful conception, wrongful birth and wrongful life claims’

Rebecca Greenstreet‘s book ‘A practical guide to wrongful conception, wrongful birth and wrongful life claims’ has just received an excellent review in AvMA’s newsletter.   Moira Gwilliam, AvMa’s Senior Medico-Leagl Advisor describes the book as a ‘must have, go-to book for any practitioner. It is well written, gives an insight analysis and is an interesting read’.

A list of contents appears below. The book is available to purchase here.

Contents

1. Chapter One – An Introduction to the Claims
2. Chapter Two – Is There a Cause of Action? Duty, Breach and Causation
3. Chapter Three – Wrongful Life
4. Chapter Four – Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth: The Background
5. Chapter Five – Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth: McFarlane v Tayside Health Board
6. Chapter Six – Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth: McFarlane Re-Visited in Parkinson v St James and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust
7. Chapter Seven – Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth: McFarlane Re-Visited (Again) in Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
8. Chapter Eight – Recent Developments: Wrongful Life
9. Chapter Nine – Recent Developments: Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth
10. Chapter Ten – Quantum
11. Chapter Eleven – Lessons From Abroad: Wrongful Life
12. Chapter Twelve – Lessons From Abroad: Wrongful Conception and Wrongful Birth
13. Chapter Thirteen – Conclusions: Is It Time for a Re-Think?