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.

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????

Medicines sending thousands to hospital

Study finds 25% of admissions due to side effects or prescription errors

Chemo drug overdose death
May 8, 2007

Italy examining hospital deaths

BBC NEWS

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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Redefining when life stops

Controversy over redefining when life stops
"Proposal to permit organ donation after cardiac death divides doctors"

Is the Canadian health care system ready for donation after cardiac death? A note of caution

Is this an exampleclick here of the reliability of a death diagnosis
following diagnosed/presumed cardiac arrest?

Draft policy would give Manitoba docs power to stop treatment

Justice Will Prevail?

The Star links are no longer active on this blog

TheStar.com - Mom wins right to sue doctor
"Mom wins right to sue doctor"

Similarity?

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.

Radical changes for organ donors

BBC NEWS

"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?

Patient loses final appeal over treatment

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports |

"It is a Catch-22 situation."


Patient loses right-to-food fight

Limits on Self Regulation?

SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Health |
Doctors to face independent review in cases of misconduct

Will this element of justice be considered in Canada?

Sure!? ‽