title: Failed sterilisations and the unwanted child: a new medicolegal minefield?
abstract: A recent High Court decision has held that parents are entitled, in addition to the usual costs arising from a failed sterilisation, to the reasonable costs of raising a healthy child.
authors.affiliation: Australian Law Journal.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerber
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011793:Queensland; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*