How can a patient sue for their conception?
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English - January 25, 2022 18:16 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBScience Health & Fitness Medicine science medicine general practice nhs health family Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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