Law relating to pregnancy, stillbirths and miscarriages and disposal.
Brenda was 5 months' pregnant when she miscarried. She was seriously ill but when she recovered she asked for the foetal remains to be made available to be buried in her local churchyard. She subsequently discovered that they had been incinerated and she wished to sue the hospital.
Dimond
Bridgit
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University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D009027:Mortuary Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D006113:United Kingdom