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Ontario’s highest court has ruled that doctors there must provide referrals to patients for services they oppose on moral or religious grounds. Recently the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court judgment requiring doctors to comply with the “effective referral requirement” of the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. An effective referral requires the
Many people – including some of our clients – have lost the ability to speak following accidents, injuries such as strokes, or neurodegenerative disorders. Scientists have recently developed a method that could dramatically impact the way these people are able to communicate. People who have lost the ability to speak as a result of injury
Chronic pain is part of many personal injury, motor vehicle, and medical malpractice claims. Since chronic pain is something that can’t be seen or measured, it can be difficult for the courts to understand the severity of the pain, or the impact it can have on a plaintiff’s day-to-day functioning. Do recent advances in neuro-imaging
Parents of children with cerebral palsy are devoted to doing what they can to improve their child’s function and independence. Often very small improvements in function can result in significant improvements in the quality of a child’s life. Since we know that some children with cerebral palsy have suffered a brain injury around the time
Four members of the Pacific Medical Law Team attended the 35th Annual Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology and the Law Conference organized by Dr. Aubrey Milunsky and Dr. Jeff Milunsky in January of this year. The conference was attended by a diverse group of legal and health care specialists. The event featured exceptional presentations by
