The harm paradox : tort law and the unwanted child in an era of choice - Priaulx, Nicolette, 1973- (Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge-Cavendish, 2007)
The beginning of the decline -- Characterising harm -- Loss of autonomy? -- Defining the problem -- Notes -- Injured bodies -- Natural born reproducers -- Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury -- Orthodox injuries -- Harmed minds, harmed bodies -- Paradigm shifts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Health, disability and harm -- Emerging dichotomies -- The disability exception -- Parental autonomy -- The importance of context -- Rees in the House of Lords -- Conclusion : what kind of autonomy? -- Notes -- The harm paradox -- The mitigation ethic -- Mitigation is dead -- Long live choice -- My family and other animals -- Conclusion : a harm paradox? -- Notes -- Constructions of the reasonable woman -- On being responsible -- Responsible women -- Self-regarding woman : still a choice -- Natural woman : she had no other choice -- The woman in need -- Conclusion : not a choice? -- Notes -- Reproductive choice, reproductive reality -- A (wo)man's right to choose -- Reversing nature's discrimination -- In practice abortion is not a choice -- Women do not experience abortion as a choice -- Women are conforming, not choosing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The moral domain of autonomy -- What kind of person? -- Beyond personhood -- A relational approach -- Being responsible beings -- Concluding remarks.
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Wrongful life -- United Kingdom; Wrongful life; Autonomy (Psychology); Medical personnel -- malpractice -- United Kingdom