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Diana Brahams
Researcher at Lincoln's Inn
Publications - 307
Citations - 2389
Diana Brahams is an academic researcher from Lincoln's Inn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 301 publications receiving 2368 citations.
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Confidentiality and under-age girls who seek contraceptive advice.
TL;DR: Brahms argues that a physician's responsibility to these young patients is greater than that to older girls and that the final decision on whether or not to notify parents should rest with the doctor rather than the patient.
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Introgenic Crime: Criminal Bahaviour in Patients Receiving Drug Treatment
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Mentally incapable adults: consent to treatment.
TL;DR: Brahams notes that although the judge's remarks should assist physicians treating mentally incapacitated adults, the law in this area is unsatisfactory, and this deficiency in the law might be remedied by restoring parens patriae jurisdiction to the Lord Chancellor.
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No Claim in English Law for Wrongful Birth
TL;DR: In this article, no cause for action was found for infant McKay's wrongful birth claim against her mother's physician and a health facility whose alleged negligence in detecting Mrs. McKay's rubella and advising an abortion resulted in the plaintiff's being born handicapped.
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Damages awarded for failed vasectomy.
TL;DR: In Thake v Maurice, a British court ruled that a surgeon was liable for failing to warn a couple of the possibility of returned fertility after a vasectomy, it was held that the birth of a healthy baby was not always a blessing and damages could be awarded for an unwanted birth.