Health Law and Policy

Canadian Health Law and Policy draws together the legal and policy issues that are relevant to human health, and sheds new light on emerging and continuing trends. Written by Canada's leading health law scholars, the fifth edition of this unique work provides expert commentary and analysis on a wide range of emerging health law related issues. It is a vital resource for anyone seeking to understand the developing and critical issues in health law and policy.

Provides extensive coverage of the ever-expanding issues in health care and their corresponding legal implications. A multi-contributor work that draws upon the expertise of a select number of Canadian health law practitioners and professionals, this publication provides informed commentary on such topics as standard of care, negligence and malpractice, licensing and regulation of health care professionals, reproductive technologies, alternative medicine, medical ethics, specialty health law issues such as biotechnology, legal issues surrounding death and dying, and mental health. This is a print book.

After a general introduction, the book systematically describes law related to the medical profession, proceeding from training, licensing, and other aspects of access to the profession, through disciplinary and professional liability and medical ethics considerations and quality assurance, to such aspects of the physician-patient relationship as rights and duties of physicians and patients, consent, privacy, and access to medical records. Also covered are specific issues such as organ transplants, human medical research, abortion, and euthanasia, as well as matters dealing with the physician in relation to other health care providers, health care insurance, and the health care system. Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to professional organizations of physicians, nurses, hospitals, and relevant government agencies.

Introduction to Health Law in Canada arms students with the knowledge to understand Canadian laws and ethics as they relate to regulated health professionals practicing in Ontario and across Canada

In relational theory, the self is seen as fundamentally constituted in terms of its relations to others: it not only lives in relationship with and to others, but also owes its very existence to such relationships. Being Relational explores core moral and metaphysical concepts through a relational-theory lens and analyzes how such considerations might apply to more practical areas of concern in health law and policy. Innovative and self-reflexive, this groundbreaking collection will appeal to a broad range of thinkers, especially those who seek to understand the complex ways in which power is created and sustained relationally.

This collection considers how health, and "women's health" are shaped through intersecting systems of power based on colonialism, sexism, racism, heterosexism, and ableism.

Includes the following sections: Introduction -- 1 The Supreme Court and Health Policy: An Overview -- 2 Eldridge v British Columbia: Effective Communication and the Sounds of Silence -- 3 Auton v British Columbia: Reversal of Fortune -- 4 Chaoulli v Quebec: The Last Line of Defence for Citizens -- Conclusion

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing offers an extensive overview of health policy and the expanding role of nurses in Canada. Focusing specifically on the larger nursing profession, Michael J. Villeneuve examines how health politics, funding, and practices have been reformed in ways that influence nurses and their involvement in policy-making decisions.