Born Too Soon and Born Imperfect: The legal aspects

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-61

  Samuels, Alec ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, LEGAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031602540     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249803800109     Document Type: Article

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