Canadian doctors agree: the focus in health care should be on the patient. At the Canadian
Medical Association's 143rd annual general meeting, delegates voted 97% in favour of the …

The quality of the professional relationship between Canadian physicians and their patients
is being progressively eroded by the unrealistic promises of politicians and the contorted …

The Patient's Charter has been in effect for nearly five years. This article considers the
purpose and value of the document through a comparison with the New Jersey Patient Bill of …

Quebec's Bill 20 is an “unprecedented attack on the professional autonomy of physicians,”
associations representing 90 000 Canadian doctors told a committee of Quebec's National …

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (ACHR) was developed by the Australian
Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to provide a nationally agreed statement …

News says Kovacs Burns.“There are lots of international charters put out by the World Health
Organization and other groups that are respected without being legislated, so it's possible …

There is momentum for health care reform across Canada. At the federal level, the Standing
Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, chaired by Senator Kirby …

E ditorials statement of rights by a powerful and privileged group such as physicians is at
face value suspect. Furthermore, it is worth emphasizing that the Charter makes moral …

Introduction: In the rapid change of health care atmosphere, many factors, including the
rights of patients, are affected by health care practices. Patient rights have recently become …

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