Expert witness immunity?

BBC NEWS | Health |
Expert witness immunity 'wrong'

An update, Oct. 30, 2006
Expert witness changes proposed

Trust - Respect - Justice

Is it attainable‽

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‽

BBC NEWS | Health
"Progress 'too slow' after Shipman"

Even with a clearly defined problem area,
the Shipman Inquiry, there is no apparent progress.

A bit more news to amplify
or clarify the current crisis.
May 10, 2006
click here

Are the following advertised intiatives,
attempts at corrective action or are they really propaganda?

Current Patient Safety Initiatives in Canada

W.H.O.
LONDON DECLARATION
Patients for Patient Safety


W.H.O.
Patients for patient safety


Trends In Patient Safety
The Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety (MIPS)

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

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

BBC NEWS | Health
Why health is so prone to corruption


Self-regulation

Honesty & Ethics

Perception of conflict - NO NEVER‽

Medical corruption 'global issue'

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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

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

Isn't medical malpractice a crime?

How are its victims treated?

BBC NEWS | Health | Bolsin: Maverick or martyr?

A bit of follow-up and clarification!

Ethics - Medical profession?????

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