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      Reflexiones sobre los fundamentos de la responsabilidad civil médica por wrongful life. ¿La vida como daño? Translated title: Reflections on the Foundations of Medical Malpractice Liability for Wrongful Life. Life as harm?

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          Resumen: La frustración de las expectativas que genera el incesante avance de la ciencia y técnica médicas ha llevado a la búsqueda constante de una compensación. En este contexto, se han presentado acciones legales conocidas como wrongful birth y wrongful life con relación al nacimiento de menores con discapacidades. Mientras que las primeras son reconocidas en los sistemas jurídicos en donde estas acciones se han planteado, las segundas son denegadas de manera general, generando no obstante diversas dudas y cuestionamientos. En la presente investigación se analizan los argumentos que se emplean en diferentes sistemas jurídicos para negar el acogimiento de las acciones de wrongful life, cuestionando su fundamentación. Este tema es especialmente complejo no solo desde un punto de vista jurídico, sino también principalmente bioético, ya que su análisis implica una apreciación del valor de la propia vida humana. En su desarrollo hemos utilizado un método de investigación cualitativo, prestando atención a los distintos ordenamientos jurídicos tanto de civil law como de common law. La investigación se divide en dos partes: la primera contextualiza la problemática y la segunda se enfoca en su desarrollo, describiendo el origen y evolución de las acciones de wrongful life, su circulación en diversos ordenamientos, su negación generalizada en la mayoría de ellos y el análisis crítico de los argumentos que se manifiestan para negar su reconocimiento.

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          Abstract: The frustration of the expectations generated by the incessant advance of medical science and technology has led to a constant search for compensation. In this context, legal actions known as wrongful birth and wrongful life have been presented regarding the birth of minors with disabilities. While the former are recognized in the legal systems where these actions have been raised, the latter are generally denied, generating various doubts and questions. In this research, the arguments used in different legal systems to deny the acceptance of wrongful life actions are analyzed, questioning their foundation. This topic is especially complex not only from a legal standpoint but also primarily from a bioethical perspective, as its analysis involves an appreciation of the value of human life itself. In its development, we have used a qualitative research method, paying attention to the different legal systems of both civil law and common law. The research is divided into two parts: The first contextualizes the problem, and the second focuses on its development, describing the origin and evolution of wrongful life actions, their circulation in various legal systems, their general denial in most of them, and the critical analysis of the arguments manifested to deny their recognition.

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                Journal
                derecho
                Derecho PUCP
                Derecho
                Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - PUCP (Lima, , Peru )
                0251-3420
                July 2023
                : 91
                : 85-124
                Affiliations
                [1] Lima orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Peru c.moreno@ 123456pucp.edu.pe
                Article
                S0251-34202023000200085 S0251-3420(23)00009100085
                10.18800/derechopucp.202302.003
                0249b69a-086a-42ac-b5b1-469f968ecdcf

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 April 2023
                : 02 October 2023
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                wrongful birth,Vida como daño,responsabilidad civil médica,concebido,wrongful life,Life as harm,medical malpractice,conceived

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