Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Wrongful Life

In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Wrongful Lives
  • Life, Wrongful
  • Lives, Wrongful
  • Wrongful Birth
  • Birth, Wrongful
  • Births, Wrongful
  • Wrongful Births

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, history.

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Indexing Annotation

legal action alleging "that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born"

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Jurisprudence (1978-1989)
  • Malpractice (1973-1989)

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.963w
  2. N03w.706.535w.803w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wrongful Life. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015974. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015974
  2. Wrongful Life. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_life
  3. Wrongful Life. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556130