Law

Prosecutors said that evidence presented at trial showed that numerous patients at Surgicare North Dallas suffered cardiac emergencies during routine medical procedures.

The physician argued her statements were about theology, not medicine. But the college said her comments were ‘open to misinterpretation.’

It only works when the standard is fraught with risks so obvious a layperson can see them.

At the opening of a client’s new clinic, lawyer Brooke Shekter witnessed the culmination of a physician’s resilience after breaking free from a difficult hospital situation.

Dr. Thomas Kwan disguised himself as a nurse making home virus booster visits to infect Patrick O’Hara with a flesh-eating poison because he believed the older man stood in the way of him inheriting his mother’s home some day.

The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.

Expanded guidance sets out expectations for the professional conduct of Ontario physicians around issues of patient consent.

Policy sets out professional and legal obligations for Ontario physicians who are closing their practice for extended period.