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February 19, 2016
Book Review Atul Gawande. Being Mortal. Medicine and what matters in the end. In the introduction the author describes an early patient of his patient he […]
November 9, 2015
Should an alcoholic be denied a liver transplant unless he or she has been “dry” for six months? Debra Selkirk the widow of Toronto businessman Richard […]
September 24, 2015
Flu season will soon be upon us and once again the issue of “encouraging” or perhaps “coercing” health care workers to get vaccinated will be upon […]
February 19, 2015
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has a policy draft out for consultation on Professionalism and Human Rights. Though the policy would […]
February 7, 2015
On February the 6th 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling in the Carter Case. The ruling is unanimous and unequivocal. Section […]
January 9, 2015
In December the CPSO issued three draft policies for consultation: Planning for and Providing Quality End-of-Life care, Consent, and Professionalism and Human Rights. The consultation […]