Arguments and Comments Presented during the Discussion of Dina Sõritsa's Doctoral thesis The Health-care Provider's Civil Liability in Cases of Prenatal Damages

• Author: André Dias Pereira
• Pages: 180-183

180 JURIDICA INTERNATIONAL 27/2018

André Dias Pereira

Professor

Centre for Biomedical Law

Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra

Arguments and Comments

Presented during the Discussion

of Dina Sõritsa’s Doctoral Thesis

The Health-Care Provider’s

Civil Liability in Cases

of Prenatal Damages

The dissertation of Dina Sõritsa*1 was accepted for conferring of the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the f‌i eld

of law on 13 March 2017 by the Council of the University of Tartu School of Law, with the defence, hosted

by said faculty, having taken place on 21 June 2017. The following contribution is based on the opinions I

presented in my role as designated opponent for the dissertation.

The dissertation consists of four works published earlier by the candidate and a framing discussion

written in the English language. Of the four publications, two were written with Sõritsa as the sole author*2

and two in collaboration with Janno Lahe*3.

The author def‌i nes the main legal research question addressed by the dissertation as the following:

The objective of this dissertation is to ascertain whether and to what extent the health-care provider

should be liable for damages under Estonian civil law in cases of wrongful conception, wrongful

birth and wrongful life, considering an outcome that seeks to balance the interests of the child, his

or her parents and the health-care provider.

 Available at https://dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle///soritsa_dina.pdf?sequence=&isAllowed=y (most recently

accessed on  June ).

 D. Sõritsa. The health-care provider’s civil liability in cases of wrongful life: An Estonian perspective. – Juridica Inter-

national /, pp. –. – DOI: https://doi.org/./ji...; D. Sõritsa. Damages subject to compensation

in cases of wrongful birth: A solution to suit Estonia. – Juridica International /, pp. –. – DOI: https://doi.

org/./ji....

 D. Sõritsa, J. Lahe. The possibility of compensation for damages in cases of wrongful conception, wrongful birth and

wrongful life: An Estonian perspective. – European Journal of Health Law  () / , pp. –. – DOI: https://

doi.org/./-; D. Sõritsa, J. Lahe. The obligation of the health-care provider to compensate for

damages in case of wrongful conception: A model to suit Estonian law. – Journal of Medical Law and Ethics  () / ,

pp. –. – DOI: https://doi.org/./x.

https://doi.org/10.12697/JI.2018.27.16