Reconstructing paradise: Canada's health care system, alternative medicine and the Charter of Rights.

paper is the result of a Canadian Studies Faculty Research Proposal Grant awarded by the Canadian High Comm ission in Australia. The author thanks two colleagues at Deakin, Professor Philip Clarke, the Head of the School of Law, who allowed the author time aw ay from his usual duties for research purposes, and D r. Danu ta Men delson, who m ade a num ber of com men ts on an earlier draft and then continued to pas s along any relevant and inte resting m aterial; the author’s father, Dr. Geoffrey Haigh, who instilled a hea lthy dose of scep tism and incredulity, and w ho a lso provided som e he lpful comments on an earlier d raft. The assistance of Allison Bushell and Paige Blackman, research assistants in Canada, who worked tirelessly and under difficult time constraints to provide mu c h o f th e m aterial contained within, is gratefully acknowledged. A version of this paper was presented at the XXIII International Con gress on Law and M ental Health, Paris , July 199 8. Reconstructing Paradise: Canada’s Health Care System, Alternative Medicine and the Charter of Rights