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BC Court of Appeal finds the Criminal Code prohibitions against euthanasia and assisted suicide are constitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada decision in Rodriguez is still valid law. Appeal has been filed with the Supreme Court of Canada.

A review of the Supreme Court of Canada's split decision in the case of Cuthbertson v. Rasouli

This article summarizes the "Is Genetics Reshaping the Physician's Duty to Patients?" event put on by the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. Recent advances in genetic techniques and their implications for legal and ethical issues were discussed.

HPRAC recently provided advice to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care regarding the regulation of Physician Assistants. HPRAC recommended against regulating the profession and proposed, instead, that a simple registry be created and managed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

This article is a case brief of Pratten v. British Columbia (Attorney General), B.C. Court of Appeal, November 2012, regarding access to health information.

This article provides a general overview of recent legislative changes affecting dental hygienists in Ontario. It focuses on their recently granted ability to practice independently from dentists, which has come to be known as "self-initiation".

The Naturopathy Act, 2007, is expected to come into force later in 2013. Naturopathic Doctors are concerned that the Act will overly restrict their practice; others feel the regulation itself signals an unwise approval of the profession.

The treatment of spouses by regulated health professionals has been the subject of much debate, with a trilogy of cases resulting in a strict prohibition with draconian consequences.

This article provides a brief overview of the OBA’s Health Law Executive’s annual end of year dinner program on health care and the economy.

This article summarizes the “Pot Pourri of Medico-Legal Cases” event put on by the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. A variety of topics relating to health law were discussed.