The claim brought by Ms Meadows against Dr Khan1 was for the additional costs associated with raising her son, Adejuwon, as a result of him having both haemophilia and autism. In 2006 her nephew had been born and subsequently diagnosed as having haemophilia. Ms Meadows was concerned to avoid having a child who also suffered haemophilia so consulted a general practitioner to find out whether she was a carrier of a haemophilia gene. If she were a carrier, she would seek genetic testing of the foetus in a future pregnancy and would terminate the pregnancy if the foetus had haemophilia. Ms Meadows attended her general practice surgery where she saw Dr Athukorola who arranged blood tests, but these were only capable of showing whether she had haemophilia herself …
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Gemma Turton, The Scope of a Doctor’s Duty of Care to Their Patient, Medical Law Review, Volume 30, Issue 4, Autumn 2022, pages 724–733. Published: 19 August 2022.
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