In a Texas case the court granted a husband an order for the removal of life support from his brain-dead pregnant wife after a hospital tried to keep her on it until the fetus was born. In South Africa the court would have issued a similar order, but for different reasons. Here, unlawfully and intentionally subjecting a pregnant corpse to life-support measures to keep a fetus alive against the wishes of the family would amount to the crime of violating a corpse
No abstract available.See 2017 THRHR 432 for part 1.http://www.lexisnexis.co.za2018-02-23am2018Merca...
BACKGROUND: In the clinical setting, the main legislative provisions governing the management and 'd...
Marlise Muñoz was approximately fourteen weeks pregnant when she suffered a pulmonary embolism, and ...
In the recent Texas case of Munoz v. John Peter Smith Hospital, the court granted a husband an order...
In the recent Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, a husband obtained a court order for ...
South Africa’s Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and protects the rights of all people...
In PP v Health Service Executive, the Irish High Court was recently asked to decide on the lawfulnes...
This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal re...
Posthumous conception – when a deceased person’s gametes are used for procreative purposes – made it...
Is there any probability that life can be an injury? This is a piping-hot debate among lawyers, doct...
This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal re...
What are the legal and ethical implications of continuing to treat a brain dead patient? And may a h...
In the recent case of Stransham-Ford v. the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, the North...
A recent article on the Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, begs the question whether i...
In December 2010, the Full Court of the South Australian Supreme Court dismissed an application for ...
No abstract available.See 2017 THRHR 432 for part 1.http://www.lexisnexis.co.za2018-02-23am2018Merca...
BACKGROUND: In the clinical setting, the main legislative provisions governing the management and 'd...
Marlise Muñoz was approximately fourteen weeks pregnant when she suffered a pulmonary embolism, and ...
In the recent Texas case of Munoz v. John Peter Smith Hospital, the court granted a husband an order...
In the recent Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, a husband obtained a court order for ...
South Africa’s Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and protects the rights of all people...
In PP v Health Service Executive, the Irish High Court was recently asked to decide on the lawfulnes...
This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal re...
Posthumous conception – when a deceased person’s gametes are used for procreative purposes – made it...
Is there any probability that life can be an injury? This is a piping-hot debate among lawyers, doct...
This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal re...
What are the legal and ethical implications of continuing to treat a brain dead patient? And may a h...
In the recent case of Stransham-Ford v. the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, the North...
A recent article on the Texas case of Munoz v John Peter Smith Hospital, begs the question whether i...
In December 2010, the Full Court of the South Australian Supreme Court dismissed an application for ...
No abstract available.See 2017 THRHR 432 for part 1.http://www.lexisnexis.co.za2018-02-23am2018Merca...
BACKGROUND: In the clinical setting, the main legislative provisions governing the management and 'd...
Marlise Muñoz was approximately fourteen weeks pregnant when she suffered a pulmonary embolism, and ...