Priaulx, Nicolette,  1973- <br/><br/>
The harm paradox :  tort law and the unwanted child in an era of choice / 
Nicolette Priaulx. 
 - Milton Park, Abingdon ;  New York, NY :  Routledge-Cavendish,  2007. 
 - xvii, 204 p.  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781844721078 (hbk) 9781844721085 (pbk)  RM182.45 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006-031946 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wrongful life--United Kingdom<br/>Wrongful life<br/>Autonomy (Psychology)<br/>Medical personnel--malpractice--United Kingdom