Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales Court of Appeal

Date: 05/16/2017

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal, on the obligation, for the doctors taking care of a patient affected by the Huntington disease, to inform the pregnant daughter about her father’s conditions, because of the hereditary nature of the syndrome

Parties: (1) ST GEORGE'S HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST (2) SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE’S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST (3) SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy

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