Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada Health Act, Varicose Veins, Public Administration
9 Dec 2016
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The changing legal environment challenging environment for healthcare compatible with increased threat. More suits against health, counseling and care practitioners, as well as all other. More litigious society - all professionals under greater legal scrutiny more. American concept idea that by injecting law into institutions improves it professionals 4x increase in civil suits since 1976, 90x increase in damages + cost. Law playing greater role, particularly for administrators make sure policies are. Canadian medical protective organization defend doctors in civil matters and legal suits - 1/3 doctors each year consults this organization shows the increase. Health professionals as party, witness, compliance officer and consultant. Some of the conventional responses to the increasingly challenging legal environment are unnecessary, costly and cumbersome. Factors expanding the role of law increasingly framed in terms of respective legal rights of the parties, rather than the best interests of the patient.
