Can Law Respond to Global Health Challenges?”
Colleen M. Flood & Trudo Lemmens, “Can Law Respond to Global Health Challenges?” (2013) 41:1. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Author: amds
Data Data Everywhere
Hospitals, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies are sitting on some very valuable information – your medical information. As health-care providers enter the digital world and computerize their patients’ records in an effort to improve the efficiency and quality of care, they are also building a valuable health research tool. The files in their databases may contain the answers to many medical questions we currently face, but they also contain private information...
Quoted in Toronto Star “Private clinics that failed inspections will be named, health minister says”
Quoted in Toronto Star “Private clinics that failed inspections will be named, health minister says”, Theresa Boyle, December 4, 2012
Interview with “Canadian Medical Association Journal of decision-making about which health services are “medically necessary”
Interview with “Canadian Medical Association Journal of decision-making about which health services are “medically necessary” “Medically necessary: How to decide?”
Interview with Anne Silversides for HealthyDebates
Interview with Anne Silversides for HealthyDebates on possibility of the Ontario Ombudsmen having the ability to accept patient complaints vis-a-vis hospitals and long term care institution.
Setting Limits on Health Care: Challenges In and Out of the Courtroom in Canada and Down-Under
“Setting Limits on Health Care: Challenges In and Out of the Courtroom in Canada and Down-Under” (with Insiya Essajee) in Andre den Exter (ed.) Health Care Rationing, (Maklu Press Antwerpen/Oxford, 2012) 25 pages (in Word format)
Change in Health Care
“Change in Health Care” – Presentation at the 2012 Queen’s International Institute on Social Policy – Where Are We Going? The Changing Social Model in Canada, August 20-22 2012, Kingston, Ontario
“Patients need bill of rights, two law profs argue”
“Patients need bill of rights, two law profs argue”, Hamilton Spectator
Canadian provinces need to adopt a patient charter of rights
“Canadian provinces need to adopt a patient charter of rights”, Medical Express, April 23, 2012 in Health.
“Provinces need patient charter of rights: CMAJ”, by QMI Agency
Canadian provinces need patient charters of rights to help resolve concerns and complaints, an analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says. Many countries including New Zealand, Norway, Finland, England and Israel have patient charters, Colleen Flood and Kathryn May of the University of Toronto’s faculty of law wrote.
