The pros and cons of PPPsEmotions run high in the debate about using public-private partnerships to finance hospital construction. Harvey Schachter cuts through the rhetoric in the first of a two-part report Understand your contract?Attempts to fix relativity and reform primary care have made provincial medical service budgets maddeningly complex. Is it fair to vote on something many doctors don’t fully understand? Hospital on hook for maintaining equipment Pregnancy occurred after tubal ligation tools not maintained properly, but MD not at fault Conflict-of-interest regulation bad for research Researchers may wonder if they can measure up to application and reporting standards. They may conclude they can’t Doctors’ call for probe into tobacco deal denied Group wants fine for smuggling to account for health costs First Previous 302 303 304