Lawyer Karen Capen says funding cutbacks that have affected the services physicians can
provide may cause legal problems for Canada's doctors. If cutbacks affect the care that is …

This paper explores how the Canadian courts have responded to resource allocation
decisions that have impacted on patients. While there have been few Canadian cases, those …

Incentives to sparingly order diagnostic tests, make referrals to specialists, or discharge
patients early, expand exposure to medical professional liability. Discharging a patient …

Is that CT scan too expensive? Is the waiting list too long? Cancer treatment too scarce?
Physicians may blame cutbacks when their patients encounter difficulties receiving medical …

The US. faces a healthcare crisis of monumental proportions with myriad facets including
issues of access, quality, and affordability. Medical malpractice liability is often alleged to …

Despite the failure of the federal government's most recent effort to overhaul the nation's
health care system, the system is rapidly being transformed nevertheless. Rising health care …

Since the passage of the health reform legislation (Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act) 1, in very short order, it has become almost a truism that payment to providers in …

The health care industry has been experiencing far-reaching changes. Impressive advances
in technology and patient outcome share the spotlight with astronomical costs and a sharp …

Cost‐containment pressures impose fiscal responsibilities upon physicians that can conflict
with their fiduciary commitment to patients. Should the law permit health care providers to …

While it once seemed little more than an idle threat, rationing in health care has emerged as
a realistic prospect. At the very least, the Canadian health care system is headed toward an …