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Compensation for failed sterilization
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Tyneside Healthcare Trust, South Shields NE34 0PL.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|October 3, 2002
Abstract:
Two recent Court of Appeal decisions have modified the hitherto settled rules governing the compensation payable following failed and negligently performed sterilization. Compensation is now possible other than for the pain and suffering of the pregnancy where the child or mother is disabled.