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The duty to obtain consent from a litigant before beginning a forensic evaluation has fallen to the forensic psychologist. Guidelines, ethical standards, and commentators have made this assumed duty mandatory. Unfortunately, psychologists are not able to provide accurate and detailed legal information concerning the forensic evaluation. Only a person trained in the law would be qualified, and t...

Medical duty versus the code-based regulation of employee in light non-national standards Employee’s is one institutions general labour law, regulated Labour Code. However, with regard to medical professionals employed healthcare institutions, legislator introduced special provisions this respect, prior code regulation. has also been subject numerous considerations by Court Justice European Uni...

Perceptions of inequity and excess have given rise to a debate over whether policymakers should consider some form of rationing as a means of achieving a more just healthcare system. Three factors will be critical in determining whether the policies ultimately developed will be just and equitable. First, participants must grasp relevant facts involving the current distribution of healthcare ser...

BACKGROUND Women in contact with the prison system have high health needs. Short periods in prison and serial incarcerations are common. Examination of their experiences of health care both in prison and in the community may assist in better supporting their wellbeing and, ultimately, decrease their risk of returning to prison. METHODS We interviewed women in prisons in Sydney, Australia, usi...

The Context Patient safety is a timely and important topic in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2007, the provincial government established the Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing – conducted by Justice Cameron – as a result of significant estrogen and progesterone receptor testing errors by the Eastern Health Regional Health Authority between 1997 and 2005. Among 60 recommendations o...

abstract background: family planning has been defined in the framework of mothers and children plan as one of primary healthcare (phc) details. besides quantity, the quality of services, particularly in terms of ethics, such as observing individuals’ privacy, is of great importance in offering family planning services. objective: a preliminary study to gather information about the degree of med...

INTRODUCTION Healthcare is not immune to the deeply rooted inequalities in American society. To this day, racial and ethnic differences exist in the quality and outcomes of healthcare that cannot be attributed to socioeconomic or other healthcare access factors. Lawyers committed to social justice have long dedicated energy and attention to these continued disparities. As a lawyer litigating ag...