Home care in Ontario: the case for copayments.
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having completed a degree in law at the Un ivers ity of Toronto on a leave of ab sence. T he author would like to than k Professor C olleen F lood at th e Faculty of Law Un ivers ity of Toronto , for her comments on an earlier draft of this paper. All remaining errors and omissions are the author’s alone. S.C. 19 84, c.6 [he reinafter CHA]. Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Comm ittee on Health Services W orking Group on Continuing Care, Health Can ada, Provincial and Territorial Hom e Care Programs: A Synthesis for Canada (Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services, June 1999) at 22 [hereinafter FPTW G 1999]. Ibid. Home Care in Ontario: The Case for Copayments
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Health law journal
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000