[HTML][HTML] CMPA" amazed" as number of new legal actions against MDs declines in'98

P Sullivan - CMAJ, 1999 - Can Med Assoc
The bad news? Well, there wasn't much as the Canadian Medical Protective Association
(CMPA) held its annual meeting Aug. 25. Even though legal fees and award settlements cost …

Winnipeg inquest recommendation could leave young MDs in lurch, expert warns

B Sibbald - 2001 - Can Med Assoc
The 516-page report (www. pediatric cardiacinquest. mb. ca) found that in most of the cases
parents had not been given enough information—particularly about the surgeon's relative …

Courts' views on MDs' standards of practice changing, rural docs warned

B Sibbald - 2000 - Can Med Assoc
It appears that the longstanding legal practice of lowering the standard of practice to
accommodate the limited facilities and resources available to Canada's rural physicians is …

Proposed drug law could place MDs at legal risk, CMA warns Parliament

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1993 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Even though Bill C-85, the Psychoactive Substances Control Act, is supposed to help
eliminate drug trafficking, it may place physicians and patients in legal jeopardy. The …

MDs, lawyers must collaborate on ethical issues: Chief Justice.

C Gray - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Charlotte Gray is a CMAJ contibudng editor. doctors and lawyers share moral and ethical
values and have as a common goal" the welfare of the patient and the client". The chief …

Worried about influx of MDs from other provinces, AMA urges freeze on new practices

D O'Meara - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1993 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aproposed freeze on the number of physicians prac-tising in Alberta hasan-gered new
doctorswho had hoped to practise there. On May 28, the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) …

Audience sceptical as critic challenges current system for paying Canada's MDs.

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A recent CMA-sponsored conference on negotiations brought medical leaders from across
Canada to Ottawa in September to hear experts discuss the current health care …

MDs should assume more responsibility for managing health care, Royal College audience told.

E Godley - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Des changements importants ont deloge les medecins de leur place traditionnelle au
sommet du reseau des soins de sante au Canada, a declare le Dr Martin Barkin au cours …

Recent medical malpractice reform measures in eight key states.

CE Nolin, MD Witt - Health Matrix, 1988 - europepmc.org
Over the course of the past quarter century, technological developments in medical science
have made it possible for physicians to save the lives and preserve the health of countless …

CMA issues call for action to deal with malpractice insurance" crisis".

DA Geekie, EL Oscapella - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association …, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is not simply the incompetents and bunglers in the medical profession who are the victims
of lawsuits, Dr. Norman Brown warned at a recent CMA Affiliate Society meeting." Good …