Tuesday, December 12, 2006

New rules to govern health workers?

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Boost for patients' rights


Sounds good doesn't it?

Will it be effective?

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho


Maybe our trust will be renewed in the tooth fairy!
Law makes it easier to complain
but critics say it doesn't go far enough



Pathologists accountable
for their mistakes?



Sunday, November 12, 2006

Questions raised on elderly care

Questions have been raised after claims that a hospital consultant told an inquest patients were dying "all the time" of dehydration.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

GMC fights for regulatory powers

The General Medical Council (GMC)
has broadly welcomed a shake up in doctor regulation,
but it has objected to some of the proposals put forward.


With a clearly defined problem area,
the Shipman Inquiry, there was progress?


Change will occur.
Will it be effective?
CPSO????

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Italy examining hospital deaths

Italy is investigating allegations that as many as 90 people a day die
in the country's hospitals
due to medical malpractice and organisational errors.

This couldn't happen in Canada!
Canadian Health Professionals value their patients
too much for it to happen here?

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Monday, September 25, 2006

Psychopathy

Psychopathy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"What is a psychopath?"

I wonder why this bit of knowledge,
while it is enlighting
does not provide any comfort,
when viewed in the context of many
of the postings on this weblog.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Radical changes for organ donors

"Laws governing organ donation and tissue retention in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to be overhauled"
Any chance that Canada will give it's citizens some, effective rights, in this important area? Probably not! Here in Canada, a patient being pronounced dead following cardiac arrest then attempting to leave the ICU after being abandoned is too trivial an event to merit an explanation of the misdiagnosis of death. Voluntary organ donation anybody, following a death due to cardiac arrest?

Thursday, June 01, 2006

BBC NEWS Health
"Doctor manslaughter charges rise"

Patient's Rights?



Organ transplant - Ethics and competence
Organ donor pool to expand by including victims of heart failure,
Ontario hopes to dramatically boost number of transplants

Here in Canada, a patient being pronounced dead following cardiac arrest then attempting to leave the ICU after being abandoned is too trivial an event to merit an explanation of the misdiagnosis of death. Voluntary organ donation anybody, following a death due to cardiac arrest?


An example


Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Health care is 'high risk'
Health Canada report
reveals need for agency to protect patients"

Saturday, April 01, 2006

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TheStar.com - Malpractice costs soar, you get the bill:
"Malpractice costs soar, you get the bill"

Saturday, January 21, 2006

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TheStar.com - Barred doctor arrested in U.K.

When humans are involved, mistakes can never be eliminated.
With ethical intergrity they can effectively become a rarity.
Accident? - Malpractice? - Criminal?
Appears to be considered in Britain.
Will it be a consideration in Canada?

A past Post

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

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TheStar.com - Treatment of victims a disgrace, group says

Isn't medical malpractice a crime?

How are its victims treated?

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