An analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorCarstens, Pieter Albert, 1960-en
dc.contributor.emailu15393683@tuks.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateTregoning, Taraen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T11:51:56Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T11:51:56Z
dc.date.created2017/04/06en
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2016.en
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_ZA
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dc.description.degreeMPhilen
dc.description.departmentPublic Lawen
dc.identifier.citationTregoning, 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>en
dc.identifier.otherA2017en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/60105
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.rights© 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.en
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectmedical negligence
dc.subjectwrongful birth
dc.subjectwrongful life claims
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.otherLaw theses SDG-16
dc.titleAn analysis of wrongful birth and wrongful life claims in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen

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