Developments in preconception and prenatal technologies have led to undeniable advances in how health-care providers screen and treat patients. Despite these advances, at any point errors can occur leading to misdiagnosis or a missed diagnosis. In some instances, the missed information can lead to the birth of a child with health issues where short of the error, the decision to avoid conception or terminate the pregnancy might have been made. When these lapses unfold, there exists the potential for a wrongful birth or wrongful life lawsuit to ensue. While these 2 actions are based on the same set of events, they are distinct legal claims with varying degrees of judicial permissibility. Global legal acceptability of wrongful birth and life lawsuits tends to resemble patterns in the United States. Analyzing prior wrongful birth and wrongful life claims can reveal common trends in events leading to these types of lawsuits, as well as an understanding of their potential outcomes. A familiarity with wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits demonstrates how these cases are unique from other forms of prenatal or birth injury tort lawsuits and can provide insights to common shortcomings in clinical practice. Applying these lessons to clinical practice highlights key approaches towards limiting the risk of certain errors leading to wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits, with the goal of health-care providers offering high quality health care.

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妇产科的错误出生和错误生活诉讼


孕前和产前技术的发展使医疗保健提供者在筛查和治疗患者方面取得了不可否认的进步。尽管取得了这些进步，但任何时候都可能发生错误，导致误诊或漏诊。在某些情况下，遗漏的信息可能会导致生下有健康问题的孩子，如果没有错误，可能会做出避免受孕或终止妊娠的决定。当这些失误发生时，就有可能发生错误出生或错误生活诉讼。虽然这两项诉讼基于同一组事件，但它们是不同的法律主张，具有不同程度的司法许可。全球法律对错误出生和生命诉讼的可接受性往往类似于美国的模式。分析先前的错误出生和错误生活索赔可以揭示导致此类诉讼的事件的共同趋势，并了解其潜在结果。对错误出生和错误生活诉讼的熟悉表明，这些案件与其他形式的产前或出生伤害侵权诉讼有何不同，并且可以为临床实践中的常见缺陷提供见解。将这些经验教训应用于临床实践，突出了限制某些错误导致错误出生和错误生活诉讼风险的关键方法，目标是医疗保健提供者提供高质量的医疗保健。