genetic disabilities, risk and rhetorical strategies in wrongful birth and wrongful conception cases
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Mackenzie, R.
- Thesaurus
- genetica, voortplanting, gehandicapten, abortussen, onderzoek
- Description
- This analysis scrutinises the rhetorical strategies used by judges in wrongful life and wrongful birth actions as evidence for the assertion that the judicial reading of public policy in such cases has undergo a significant shift which is likely to accelerate as genetic knowledge grows and health care resources shrink.