Communication
References
The Canadian Medical Association code of ethics contains the following section:
Medicolegal File: Confidentiality. Disclosure to a patient’s family. Tracey Tremayne-Lloyd, LLB. Canadian Family Physician. March 2003.
CMA Guide to Physicians (on reporting of patients assessed to be unfit to drive.)
Picard and Robertson. Legal Liability of Doctors and Hospitals in Canada. Third (student) edition. Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing 1996.
Hall, Bobinski and Orentliche. Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships. Aspen Publishers 2005.
Downey, Caulfield and Flood. Canadian Health Law and Policy. Second Edtion. Butterworths 2002.
Downie and Gibson. Health Law at the Supreme Court of Canada. Irwin Law 2007.
Boumil, Elias and Moes. Medical Liability In a Nut Shell. Second Edition. Thomson West 2004.
Recommended Resources:
The Canadian Medical Association code of ethics
