[Health Sciences 3101A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (60 pages long)
30 Mar 2017
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H e a l t h s c i e n c e s 3 1 0 1 a / b. Testable cases: c. m. g. v. d. w. s, carter v. canada (attorney. General: cuthbertson v. rasouli, janzen v. janzen, neto v. klukach, r. v. dobson. Health sciences 3101a: midterm notes rsolomon@uwo. ca - for course content. Today, lawyers and other professionals are under great scrutiny. Our healthcare field has become a more litigious society. More lawsuits against health, counseling and care practitioners: 4x increase from 1976 2015; 65x increase in damages. 1 in 3 doctors consult the canadian medical protective association (cmpa) against civil suits and disciplinary matters. The amount of money paid out in damages is small (105 million dollars in damages, 170 million dollars in legal costs) Challenges in the legal environment are unnecessary, costly and cumbersome. Factors expanding the role of law in our healthcare. System: moving from paternalistic to rights-based norms of healthcare.
