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Research Article

The physician’s breach of the duty to inform the parent of deformities and abnormalities in the foetus: “wrongful Life” actions, a new frontier of medical responsibility

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Pages 1113-1117 | Received 30 Mar 2013, Accepted 29 Sep 2013, Published online: 31 Oct 2013

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