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How can a patient sue for their conception?

How can a patient sue for their conception?

Deep Breath In

January 25, 202246m 29s

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Show Notes

A recent case against a GP in England has worried the profession - does the fact that a patient, born with a neural tube defect, successfully sued their mother's GP open up the floodgates for litigation? How will that effect the way that you practice? In this episode we're joined by Claire Dyer, The BMJ's legal correspondent, who explains how that case unfolded. We also have a clinical update on childhood constipation, and the authors of a recent article in The BMJ give their tips on getting kids to drink movicol. Show jumper wins case against mother’s GP for “wrongful conception” that resulted in her disability https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2999 Childhood constipation

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-065046