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An academic journal featuring medical-legal articles. Presents emerging issues in law and social policy affecting Canada.
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The criminalisation of medical mistakes in Canada: a review.
January 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
The issue of health professionals facing criminal charges of manslaughter or criminal negligence causing death or grievous bodily harm as a result of alleged negligence (1) in their professional practice was thrown into stark relief by the recent acquittal of four...
Rodriguez redux.(assisted suicide)(Canada)
January 1, 2008... Introduction
Assisted suicide (1) has once again surfaced as an issue of public attention. Just in the past year, four cases have been in the news. (2) In addition, the results of a major study on the attitudes of cancer patients in palliative care towards euthanasia and...
Challenges for intellectual property management of HIV vaccine-related research and development.(The Global Context, part 1)
January 1, 2008... The HIV/AIDS (1) pandemic is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. (2) AIDS is the leading cause of death in Africa and the fourth-leading cause of death globally. (3) UNAIDS estimated that 33.2 million people were living with HIV in 2007. (4) More than twenty million people have...
Challenges for intellectual property management of HIV vaccine-related research and development.(The Canadian Context, part 2)
January 1, 2008... On 20 February 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a commitment by the Government of Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund and support the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI), (1) an effort to accelerate the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine and address critical...
Finding flaws: the limitations of compulsory licensing for improving access to medicines - an international comparison.
January 1, 2008... 1. Introduction
In August 2003, the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) unanimously adopted a Decision (1) ("2003 WTO Decision") to allow compulsory licensing of patented medicines for the purpose of exporting the generic versions to those countries with little or no...