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Health Law Review articles from December 2004
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Health Law Review archives from December 2004
At the Institute.(reflections on the health law and policy in Canada)
December 22, 2004... As the New Year begins, one begins to reflect on all that has happened in the area of health law and policy in Canada. It has been another period full of activity on this front. We have seen patient safety move forward as a key area to be...
Public health law and ethics: lessons from SARS and quarantine.
December 22, 2004... The 2003 global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was an abrupt reminder that infectious diseases pose a continuing threat to human health. In 1967, U.S. Surgeon General W.H. Stewart had optimistically declared "it was time...
Print media coverage on the Lana Dale Lewis inquest verdict: exaggerated claims or accurate reporting?(Ontario)
December 22, 2004... Introduction
In a 1998 national study, forty-six percent of Canadians said they read daily newspapers as a major source of information. (2) Sixty-one percent of respondents also claimed that they would like to see more reporting on health...
The future of nanomedicine looks promising, but only if we learn from the past.
December 22, 2004... The revolution in nanotechnology has brought with it a nanotechnological way of seeing the world. (1) By opening the "black box" of nanotechnology, scientists have changed the way we envision future developments in medicine, manufacturing,...
Physicians gaming the system: modern-day Robin Hood? (Canada)
December 22, 2004... From childhood, people have considered the storybook character Robin Hood as a hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Even if we were all taught that stealing was something bad, in certain circumstances, we would consider it...
Universality and medical necessity: statutory and charter remedies to individual claims to Ontario health insurance funding.
December 22, 2004... 1. Overview
The Canada Health Act (CHA) represents the foundation stone of Canada's system of publicly funded health insurance. (1) The primary objective of Canadian health care policy is described in section 3 as being:
to...
The temporal element of informed consent.(United Kingdom)
December 22, 2004... 1. Introduction
The rules and standards of tort liability are typically stated at a high level of generality, one which makes no mention of specific activities or given groups of plaintiffs or defendants. The task of bringing those...
Monsanto v. Schmeiser: patent protection for genetically modified genes and cells in Canada.
December 22, 2004... On May 21, 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision to uphold Monsanto's claim of patent infringement against Percy Schmeiser (1). McLachlin C.J. and Fish J. wrote for the majority, with Major, Binnie and Deschamps JJ....