Subjects taking part in biomedical research must be provided with legible and intelligible information enabling them to freely give their informed consent. At present, sponsors tend to provide many different types of information, not all of which is directly connected with or indeed really informative about studies for those taking part.As a result of this observation, a round table was convene...

The government was expected to launch an extended version of the Patient's Charter in London today (Wednesday).

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to examine the case for and challenges to implementing random breath testing (RBT) in Canada, with a particular focus on the persistence of impaired driving under the current method of law enforcement. It seeks to place RBT within Canada's existing legal and social framework. METHODS This article reviews Canada's impaired driving record, charge and con...

The Charter of Fundamental Rights codifies and reaffirms the rights principles recognised in European Union law. These result from constitutional traditions common to Member States, Convention for Protection Human Freedoms, case law Court Justice that Rights. was meant strengthen protection fundamental by making them more visible. This study explores restrictions on applicability enshrined Char...

Understanding the impacts of recreational fishing on habitats and species, as well as the social and ecological importance of place to anglers, requires information on the spatial distribution of fishing activities. This study documented long-term changes in core fishing areas of a major recreational fishery in Alaska and identified biological, regulatory, social, and economic drivers of spatia...

Charter schools are among the most prevalent public-private partnerships in the education sector. Too frequently, charter schools are assessed only by measuring outputs such as enrollment and test scores. This paper assesses the logic model behind charter schools, specifically the mechanisms of accountability and competition. This paper examines these mechanisms through study of the Concession ...